These 15 NHL Players Are BREAKING OUT!

[@GravitehHockey]

I'm LOVING how many breakout players we're seeing this year folks! Shoutout to the players like Peterka, Cuylle, Blomqvist who I didn't have time to mention, they're still awesome! What are YOUR thoughts on these breakout guys? And who has surprised you the MOST on this list? #GravGang

[@Thesportymouse973]

another brillliant video grav

[@Hockeyspringgolfguy]

What about Nico

[@gabrielrockman]

I'd say that Dostal has been the biggest surprise for me.

[@eliaminator2313]

So nice to see Marchenko finally putting it all together him and Dostal have been steals on my fantasy teams so far

[@steadyAF]

Caufield and Hutson are great to watch.

[@LethalTobinator]

Caufield got that shot back baby! Hes a small player proving it on the top line, you know he had it in him! Lane Hutson is a different animal. At 20 he has sooo many tricks! When he works on perfecting those skills he will be a top 10 HOF Dman. He has only played 10 games and each game he’s learning how to command the ice at the NHL level. If he continues and plays all 82 games how would you be surprised if he gets 60 pts in his rookie season?

[@holden9278]

What brings down Brandt Clarke's defensive metrics is the fact they have him paired with Joel Edmundson who's a pylon he's looked a lot better defensively when he isn't paired with Edmundson

[@ItsLaforge]

the assist to goal ratio for caufeild has a lot to do with the fact no one else can score its brutal I swear he's like 80% of the offense, at this rate I think demidov would already be the 2nd best the way there playing

[@benoitrobitaille5235]

Montreal got lots of D-Men with better offensive instincts than 90% of their forwards … which sadly isn’t saying much.

[@politicalbandwagon4989]

Slaf and Suzuki have been doing great work feeding him. Our other lines are starting to wake up but they’ve been pretty dead to start this season. I’m just hoping we can stay afloat until Laine gets back

[@Mendy-pm9ff]

Cole is scoring 50

[@Thesportymouse973]

could be

[@misterrq_8081]

Definitely not 😊

[@christianshaw9102]

He pockets the rocket

[@mjrowen9563]

He seems to fall off mid season. But he’s definitely on pace for it

[@sergeys80]

He is on pace for 74 goals and 8 assist loll

[@Squirmish999]

McMichael and Protas have been outstanding 5 vs 5 and short handed. McMichael had a dominant 10 shots against the Rangers this week (they had 19 shots as a team).

[@AskAScreenwriter]

A couple that could be included in the discussion are the pair that Doug Armstrong and the Blues pried away from Edmonton this past off-season. BOTH Philip Broberg and Dylan Holloway are looking like great additions for the Blues, a couple of consistent bright spots in a VERY erratic season so far.

[@mokumboi19]

He hates the Blues AND has zero clue whatsoever about them, he would never compliment them properly.

[@Jklmnopmmmm]

It’s honestly hard to make this video without including cole perfetti. I’m almost impressed you were able to miss that bad

[@bartholomewesperanza3442]

Crazy you left Necas off this list. Hes on pace for an insane amount of points rn. Looks like he may have finally taken that next step to a truly elite level player

[@robertmuzyka7578]

maybe he was meant to be in the number 3 spot that was not included for some odd reason

[@MAVO_99]

Love your videos man! How you pronounce some names is really funny for me as a Czech though. Lukáš Dostál is pronounced like „Lukaash Dostaal”

[@JacksonLevine-gn1iw]

No way you did not put Nico Heisher there! He is leading the league in goals and his very young. He is the best goal scorer right now. I DONT KNOW HOW YOU DID NOT PUT HIM THERE

[@Dutchovenderlinde]

Sounds silly but in NHL 24 and 25 Franchise Mode, McMichael has been my go to 3rd liner to start off and he always ends up as a SOLID 2nd liner with 55-65 points every year lol. Glad to see him living up to it IRL.

[@Scr16-j1p]

i'm happy for the blue jacket's start. Honoring johnny hockey

[@MattNineFive]

Amazing video, great list of special players!

[@jarcharles09]

Matthew Knies should be on here imo

[@mariovaccarella6854]

I can't believe that Will Cyulle didn't make your list. If you get a chance, please let me know why and/or where you would have put him, if your list went beyond 15. Thanks. I really enjoy the videos

[@timsimtv]

Eklund has been amazing defensively also! Playing on the top pk unit - working hard to build his 2 way game! Hes going to be amazing

[@JeffShafer87]

Protas brother is also gonna be good, was drafted in 2024

[@kalle3261]

Yegor Chinakhov is playing like a crazy too. Remember how the commentators didnt even know who he is, when he got drafted at 1st round. Kekäläinens last 200iq move😅

[@justaverage7629]

No mention of Cole Perfetti (12gp 4G, 7A), but including the king of head fakes and almost goals/assists Lane Hutson (12 gp, 0 G, 7 A) is criminal.

[@eliaminator2313]

Really nice for Florida to know that they don't need to keep Bennett if it doesn't make sense to with the cap he's clearly shown he can be a top 6C with Florida. Bet we see his production drop now that Barkov is back but will be a good guy to watch leading up to next season

[@djyanno]

Great list of "14" players

[@Northern_Grace]

Matthew Knies... lol

[@ericwold2142]

Will Cullye should totally be on this list imo!

[@erickleroux8357]

We are so used to offesive defensemen being horrible defensively that Hutson undeservedly got that reputation. Those who watch the games know that he is not bad at all defensively. He makes some very good plays in his own zone and even wins some physical 1on1 battles. I'm not saying he is a stud in is own zone, but he is a lot better defensuvely than people give him credit for

[@urban_89]

Need a kaprizov vid. 21 pts, 10 games played. Leafs the league rn

[@spyrrex_7541]

happy to hear about hutson even if his point total isn't that impressive right now. He doesn't play powerplay 1 and it's okay for now, but the guy is just buzzing around in the offensive zone, I haven't seen a habs player create that many chances for his teammates since I've started watching them. (I've been a fan since around 2007 with kovalev and all) He had multiple great chances to score his first but got multiple posts and great saves from goalies. Defensively... he is better and way better at the moment than barron, xhekaj, strubble (for now), savard (for now), mailloux, and maybe matheson. The only one clearly better defensively at the moment is guhle in my opinion. savard and strubble are better than how they are playing right now, but hutson is not bad defensively. He makes a lot of mistakes, but makes up for it and he has that dawg in him, he works so hard to take it back. physically in the d-zone it's harder for him, but he is so good at following his guy and putting pressure with his stick, that he's already pretty good. with time he'll clean up the mistakes and be an amazing for the habs. He is the best offensive player on the team this year, I expect caufield to slow down, but hutson will start getting the points soon.

[@daveblanco8271]

Lane Hutson is nasty, could easily have 3g 10A atm

[@mariovaccarella6854]

Great Video, as usual, Nathan. I like the way Will Cyulle, as A Rangers Fan, is playing this year, so far. I know that you've got to be happy with it, since I know that you like them, too, along with The Dallas Stars. Let me know what you think

[@SilentThunder32]

Take a look at alex vlasic hes been unreal so far for the hawks

[@Quandale714]

I have Dostál Caufield Günther marchenko and Lundell all on my fantasy team

[@zmarc-]

seeing you desperately gas up hutson despite his terrrible metrics is really funny.

[@ShreejiMaharajAlways]

JJ Moser

[@kalebkennedy327]

Clarke and Laffy are the only thing giving me hope in LA

[@kandman1091]

Am I the only one who realized you skipped #3???

[@kickedoffthetour]

Matt Boldy gets so little love and it blows my mind.

[@davidisaac2337]

Anton Lundell = Baby Barkov 🫡

[@Speakertweaker-tp4em]

What about Zary?

[@brianvanwyk9425]

Broberg doesn’t make this list?

[@ThomasHockey223]

Stankoven and Huston

[@carsondyck4023]

how’s perfetti not here

[@mirkokraovac9068]

Yea overdrive guys have been extra sigh chotic to start the year. O dog going after Woll the same way he went after Murray. Clowning on Hutson now. Pretty ridiculous, guess the habs leafs rivalry completely clouds their judgment

[@TGalaxy24]

Nico Hishier??

[@jarynvecchio6433]

He said 2018 draft was cutoff

[@leafsfanforever2896]

Do not confuse Alex Laferriere with Alexis Lafrèniere

[@Contraverse]

perfetti?

[@bigbrad5382]

No #3 FYI if you want to reupload.

[@busorenkin55]

Nah you can’t call him Janis lol it’s JJ 14:10

[@evhockey1242]

It was only 14 players; didn’t list #3

[@lukestelcer7394]

No will cuylle is diabolical

[@fredericlatreille]

There is no #3 ;)

[@wolfdreams1545]

Who was number 3? There were only 14 players lol

[@odyssey1537]

Knies getting 30

[@mokumboi19]

No Broberg = clown show.

[@TGJ_]

Cole Perfetti???

[@tvojemanka]

It's Dos-tal not Dosh-tal

[@nate9723]

Matthew knies??!

[@eliaminator2313]

Nobody thinks Hutson is bad it's just really easy to get a rise out of Habs fans about it. That being said he's defensive play is really bad at times but it's to be expected it's just annoying how Habs fans won't stop talking about him, even if he does nothing they get hyped. Like him being hyped for his bag skate in practice today the Habs are a terrible skating team no shock he looks good in a bag skate there

[@unbearablycringe]

Same thing with Stutzle, we only mock him because it makes y'alls blood boil but we all know Stutzle is fantastic

[@spyrrex_7541]

honestly he makes mistakes, but a lot of times he corrects them quickly. he's really intense. defensively he might be bad at times, but since the start of the year, barron, xhekaj, mailloux, even savard and strubble avec been worse than him😂. he is really good at putting pressure on his guy with his stick. physically it's harder, but he still manages in his own way to not get completly dominated. he is not that bad defensively at all. He had a few -4 games that were almost not his fault. savard made big mistakes, forwards didn't cover him, a few empty met goals and you get 2 -4 games. He makes big turnover sometimes and need to learn from that but I can live with it because he's a rookie trying something because the team is always trailing.

[@BaconNationChannel]

I think he ties up his guys pretty well. The only time he gets scored on when he's on the ice is because he's running the play offensively and none of the forwards caught on. Then a turnover happens while Hutson is behind their net. Guess what happens then.. I have seen 2 turnovers from Hutson that was a direct goal against but those will be reduced with time, Im not worried. But yeah, forwards should know when Hutson is on the ice and is likely to push the play more than the usual D man.

[@spyrrex_7541]

@@BaconNationChannel exactly, it's so frustrating when the forwards are too sleepy to realise that they need to cover for him. He'll be amazing with experience, he already is great.

[@KingShamans]

Please dont call him Dooshtall thats too goofy man

[@disgoyknows88]

You his gf? Why you being goofy over a man?