{"id":51047,"date":"2025-10-13T23:57:58","date_gmt":"2025-10-14T03:57:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/sin-categoria\/hutson-signs-million-dollar-extension-with-canadiens-8-years-and-70-8m\/"},"modified":"2025-10-13T23:57:58","modified_gmt":"2025-10-14T03:57:58","slug":"hutson-signs-million-dollar-extension-with-canadiens-8-years-and-70-8m","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/nhl\/hutson-signs-million-dollar-extension-with-canadiens-8-years-and-70-8m\/","title":{"rendered":"Hutson Signs Million-Dollar Extension with Canadiens: 8 Years and $70.8M"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Lane Hutson secures his future with the Canadiens<\/h2>\n<p>Young defenseman Lane Hutson, a Calder Trophy winner, has reached an agreement to extend his contract with the Montreal Canadiens for eight years and $70.8 million. The official announcement was made on Monday, marking a significant milestone for the team and the player.<\/p>\n<p>Negotiations between Hutson and the Canadiens extended throughout the summer, intensifying over the weekend with the goal of securing the player&#8217;s signature. The agreement, which has an average annual value of $8.85 million, includes $55 million in signing bonuses, according to sources close to the negotiation.<\/p>\n<p>Hutson, 21, is coming off a historic season for the Canadiens. He recorded six goals and 60 assists, setting an NHL record for a rookie defenseman in assists. In addition, he became Montreal&#8217;s first rookie of the year since Ken Dryden won the award in 1972.<\/p>\n<p>Hutson joins a select list of defensemen who led rookies in scoring, alongside figures like Bobby Orr, Brian Leetch, and Quinn Hughes.<\/p>\n<p>Selected in the second round of the 2022 draft by the Canadiens, Hutson joined the team after two years at Boston University.<\/p>\n<p>Hutson&#8217;s new contract aligns with other deals signed by young defenders before the start of the season.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lane Hutson secures his future with the Canadiens Young defenseman Lane Hutson, a Calder Trophy winner, has reached an agreement to extend his contract with the Montreal Canadiens for eight years and $70.8 million. The official announcement was made on Monday, marking a significant milestone for the team and the player. Negotiations between Hutson and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[39],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-51047","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-nhl"},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51047","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=51047"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51047\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=51047"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=51047"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=51047"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}