CARTER HUTTON - Goalie - 33 - $2.75MM Cap Hit - UFA in 2021-2022
LAST UPDATED 6/25/19
Hutton, who only broke into the league as a 28 year old, has been a reliable backup for most of his career, until these past two seasons. Hutton had an incredible season in 2017-18 with the St. Louis Blues, and turned those 26 brilliant starts into a contract to be the starter of the Buffalo Sabres. Hutton struggled a bit with a higher workload and a poor defense in front of him, but as his 2017-18 season showed, the talent is there for Hutton to be a good starting goalie. Goalies are volatile assets and notoriously unpredictable, so Hutton could win the vezina trophy next year just as easily as he could have a Scott Darling-esque breakdown, and attempting to predict his future would be a futile endeavor, so it's best just to stick with his current evaluation. At this point, Hutton is a 1A goaltender who's best paired with a very capable 1B goalie, but Hutton also has a fair degree of upside even at 33 years of age.
Hutton, who only broke into the league as a 28 year old, has been a reliable backup for most of his career, until these past two seasons. Hutton had an incredible season in 2017-18 with the St. Louis Blues, and turned those 26 brilliant starts into a contract to be the starter of the Buffalo Sabres. Hutton struggled a bit with a higher workload and a poor defense in front of him, but as his 2017-18 season showed, the talent is there for Hutton to be a good starting goalie. Goalies are volatile assets and notoriously unpredictable, so Hutton could win the vezina trophy next year just as easily as he could have a Scott Darling-esque breakdown, and attempting to predict his future would be a futile endeavor, so it's best just to stick with his current evaluation. At this point, Hutton is a 1A goaltender who's best paired with a very capable 1B goalie, but Hutton also has a fair degree of upside even at 33 years of age.
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