Michael Hutchinson

At 34 years old, Michael Hutchinson has this physical status:

Michael Edward Hutchinson (born March 2, 1990) is a Canadian professional ice hockey goaltender for the Toronto Maple Leafs of the National Hockey League (NHL).

Hutchinson was selected by the Boston Bruins in the third round, 77th overall, of the 2008 NHL Entry Draft.

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Playing career

Hutchinson grew up playing minor hockey for the Barrie Icemen (now Jr. Colts) of the OMHA's Eastern AAA League. He was a member of the Ontario Blues summer hockey team that included other notable graduates, including Steven Stamkos, John Tavares, Alex Pietrangelo, Michael Del Zotto, Stefan Del Zotto, Cody Hodgson, and Cameron Gaunce. Hutchinson was selected in the third round of the 2006 OHL Priority Selection by his hometown Barrie Colts, 69th overall. Hutchinson spent three years in Barrie and was traded to the London Knights in the summer of 2009, where he spent his junior career.

Hutchinson was signed to a three-year, entry-level deal by the Boston Bruins on March 30, 2010. Hutchinson was recalled by Boston to the NHL after splitting the 2010-11 season with the Providence Bruins of the American Hockey League (AHL) and the Reading Royals of the ECHL. Hutchinson was called back by Boston on March 3, 2012, just one day after his 22nd birthday, to play as the team's back-up goaltender on the night due to an injury to starter Tuukka Rask.

Hutchinson, a free agent, agreed to a one-year, two-way deal with the Winnipeg Jets on July 19, 2013. To start the 2013–14 season, he was assigned to the Ontario Reign of the ECHL, the Jets' secondary affiliate. With the Reign, Hutchinson set a new record of 22–4-2, as well as a move to the St. John's IceCaps, Winnipeg's AHL affiliate. Hutchinson set a 15-05 record before being recalled to the Winnipeg Jets on March 15, 2014, with the IceCaps' starting goaltender Edward Pasquale suffering season-ending injury.

Hutchinson made his NHL debut on April 7, 2014, losing 1–0 to the Minnesota Wild. He appeared in the final two games of the season with the Jets, winning his first NHL victory over the Boston Bruins in a 2–1 shootout victory on April 10. He was back in the IceCaps for the 2014 AHL playoffs and was instrumental in St. John's triumph over the Calder Cup finals for the first time in franchise history. The Jets signed Hutchinson to a two-year contract extension on July 2, 2014. Hutchinson was the back-up to Jets starter Ondej Pavelec in the 2014–15 season in the NHL. Hutchinson will record a 21–10–5 record in the season.

Hutchinson signed a new two-year contract extension with the Jets on June 21, 2016.

Hutchinson signed a one-year, $1.3 million deal with the Florida Panthers on July 1, 2018, having left the Jets as a free agent for five seasons. Hutchinson was reassigned to begin the 2018-19 season with the Springfield Thunderbirds, who were in attendance at the Panthers' 2018 training camp. However, he was immediately recalled to the Panthers after suffering an injury to starting goaltender Roberto Luongo, and made his debut with Florida in a 5–4 overtime loss to the Philadelphia Flyers on October 16, 2018. In the following game against the Washington Capitals on October 19, 2018, Hutchison won his first and only victory with the Panthers in relief. Hutchinson was recalled to the Thunderbirds after four games with the Panthers, and following Luongo's return to fitness, Hutchinson was reassigned to the Thunderbirds.

Hutchinson appeared in eight games with Springfield before being traded to the Toronto Maple Leafs on December 29, 2018, in exchange for a 2020 fifth-round draft pick. He was immediately recalled to join the Toronto Marlies, Toronto's AHL affiliate. He made his NHL debut with the Leafs on January 3, 2019, defeating the Minnesota Wild in a 4-3 loss. In his second game for the Maple Leafs, he won his first match in the Maple Leafs uniform, winning 5–0 against the Vancouver Canucks on January 5.

Hutchinson decided to a one-year, one-way $700,000 contract extension to remain with the Maple Leafs on June 29, 2019. Hutchinson, who was in charge of back-up for the Maple Leafs in the 2019-20 season, was unable to establish his reputation in his first six games until he was reassigned to the Toronto Marlies, a 0–4–1 affiliate. He later returned to the Maple Leafs on November 29, 2019, and had only won four games out of 15. The Maple Leafs had swapped Hutchinson for backup goaltender Jack Campbell on February 13, 2020, eight days after the team had traded for backup goaltender Jack Campbell. He cleared waivers the next day and was loaned to the Toronto Marlies.

Hutchinson was traded by the Maple Leafs to the Colorado Avalanche on February 24, 2020, in exchange for Calle Rosén. He was the back-up to Pavel Francouz while the Avalanche's injured goaltender Philipp Grubauer. In a 2-1 victory over the Detroit Red Wings on March 2 (his 30th birthday), Hutchinson won his first game with the team, making 17 saves in a 2-1 victory. Hutchinson returned to the team as the team's third choice goaltender in the 2020 Stanley Cup playoffs after the season was interrupted due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Hutchinson made his playoff debut in relief of Francouz, making three saves against the Dallas Stars on August 30, 2020, despite injury to both Grubauer and Francouz. Hutchinson got off to a 3-0 win in his first-career postseason victory on August 31, 2020, with the Avalanche down 3-1 in the series. With facing elimination in Game 6 and facing elimination in Game 6, the Avalanche beat the Avalons 4-1, 2020, becoming the seventh goaltender in NHL history to win his first two starts in game 6. In his fourth career post-season appearance, he was unable to help the Avalanche advance to the conference finals, losing 5-4 overtime on September 4, 2020.

Hutchinson opted to return to the Maple Leafs as a free agent at the end of his deal with the Avalanche, winning a two-year, two-way deal on October 30, 2020.

Hutchinson continued his journey in the NHL by signing to a one-year, two-way deal with the Vegas Golden Knights on July 13, 2022.

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