"It takes an extremely special player to be able to produce 100 points in a season at the NHL level. The feat is hard enough to achieve for forwards whose sole focus is on putting up numbers, let alone for defensemen who have to deal with both ends of the ice. Only 15 times in NHL history has a blueliner hit the triple-digit mark, and six of those come from the legend Bobby Orr all by himself."
"There's like three guys really. 100 points is a lot, but I wouldn't put it past him. He just had a 66-point rookie season. He's 5'9 on a good day. Do you know how hard it is to play in the NHL...? I think he's just scratching the surface. 100 points is a lot for sure, but if anyone is gonna do it, it's probably (Lane Hutson), Cale Makar, Quinn Hughes. Those are the guys that are gonna do it,"
Only 15 times in NHL history has a defenseman reached 100 points, with Bobby Orr accounting for six of those seasons and Erik Karlsson most recently hitting 101 in 2022-23. Lane Hutson posted 66 points (six goals, 60 assists) in 82 games as a rookie and won the Calder Trophy. An evaluation placed Hutson alongside Cale Makar and Quinn Hughes as the three defensemen most likely to reach 100 points, citing his rookie production and youth. Reaching 100 points from the blue line remains an extremely rare and difficult achievement.
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