Since Edler went down with injury, Hutton has been playing more than guys like Brent Burns, Mark Giordano, Ryan McDonagh and Brent Seabrook. I think he's looked very impressive, he hasn't put up great offensive numbers, but that's not for lack of trying (29 SOG so far). He has also looked good defensively.
I think that he could eventually develop into a legitimate top pairing defenseman which the Canucks will really need. They have a lot of solid young d-men (Stecher, Juolevi, Holm, McEneny, Chatfield) but they are lacking someone who shows elite potential.