MFWYNOT Posted October 12, 2016 Share Posted October 12, 2016 Unpopular opinion but people really need to calm down about Hutton. I'll start by saying this: I love how smooth and composed he is with the puck. However, I've seen people claim he's a top 4 defenceman, which is false. I've also seen people say he has top pairing potential, which is just laughable. He's mediocre to bad in his own zone. I can remember plenty of times last year when his bad positioning/awareness led to a goal against. Say what you want about the +/- stat, but it definitely says something when you get 25 points and still manage to finish -21. He's also not much of a physical presence, whereas guys like Sbisa and Gudbranson can at least give you that. Offensively, he's a good puckmover as I said earlier, but his shot is the worst out of our D imo (even worse than Tanev's). At the moment I feel like Hutton is a slightly better version of Bartkowski, and a nice third pairing guy. Hopefully he improves a lot, because he does have some attractive skills. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canuktravella Posted October 12, 2016 Share Posted October 12, 2016 he looked like bobby orr in preseason and last yr was playing 21 mins a game didnt look that out of place. Hes ten times the player bartoski ever will be. They got guddy to let hutt concentrate on offense guddy will cover defense for him. watch hutton get 30-45 points this yr guy can skate and put on some muscle so he looks more explosive so far Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toews Posted October 12, 2016 Share Posted October 12, 2016 I have to question what you are seeing if you think Sbisa is better than Hutton. +/- is an awful stat. To illustrate to you how misleading it can be, Sbisa was a +5 last year, but his PDO was 102.8. Hutton's PDO was 99.1. Sbisa wasn't that much better than his +/- indicates he was just way luckier. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twilight Sparkle Posted October 12, 2016 Share Posted October 12, 2016 overrated after 1 season sounds about right YOU JUST MADE THE LIST Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeNiro Posted October 12, 2016 Share Posted October 12, 2016 Haters gonna hate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salmonberries Posted October 12, 2016 Share Posted October 12, 2016 Considered hitting the bait, it's shiny and all. But in the end, I just did nudged it a little and moved on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cripplereh Posted October 12, 2016 Share Posted October 12, 2016 Hutton is just starting to hit stride and we will in a year or more see exactly what we got.for now he is a great young D man and not overrated! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrCanuck94 Posted October 12, 2016 Share Posted October 12, 2016 his lip sync to Barbie Girl was enough to convince me of his top pairing potential Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlwaysACanuckFan Posted October 12, 2016 Share Posted October 12, 2016 He's such a great story! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spoosh Posted October 12, 2016 Share Posted October 12, 2016 56 minutes ago, MFWYNOT said: Unpopular opinion but people really need to calm down about Hutton. I'll start by saying this: I love how smooth and composed he is with the puck. However, I've seen people claim he's a top 4 defenceman, which is false. I've also seen people say he has top pairing potential, which is just laughable. He's mediocre to bad in his own zone. I can remember plenty of times last year when his bad positioning/awareness led to a goal against. Say what you want about the +/- stat, but it definitely says something when you get 25 points and still manage to finish -21. He's also not much of a physical presence, whereas guys like Sbisa and Gudbranson can at least give you that. Offensively, he's a good puckmover as I said earlier, but his shot is the worst out of our D imo (even worse than Tanev's). At the moment I feel like Hutton is a slightly better version of Bartkowski, and a nice third pairing guy. Hopefully he improves a lot, because he does have some attractive skills. You are right about one thing here; unpopular opinion. Posts like this nullify the future opinions that you might share here. Good luck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeltaSwede Posted October 12, 2016 Share Posted October 12, 2016 We are really really lucky we got a player like Ben Hutton out of a 5th round pick. I think we forget that too often. Very bright future for him and he sure played like a top 4 in his rookie season last year. He has got top pairing potential. "I'm all the way up" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baggins Posted October 12, 2016 Share Posted October 12, 2016 Players on the fan like list do tend to get overrated here. Hutton is good, but I'm not sold just yet he's as good as some believe. I tend to keep an open mind with players but not set expectations to high. A pleasant surprise is much better than bitter disappointment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hairy Kneel Posted October 12, 2016 Share Posted October 12, 2016 Guddy wants him to skate harder "move your ass" or some statement. I think were going to see Hutton open up the ice more with carries which should be exciting. Guddy covering his back and a new way to gain the zone skating the puck in - will create more options for our forwards. Not overrated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris_P Posted October 12, 2016 Share Posted October 12, 2016 You're overrated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ice orca Posted October 12, 2016 Share Posted October 12, 2016 2 hours ago, MFWYNOT said: Unpopular opinion but people really need to calm down about Hutton. I'll start by saying this: I love how smooth and composed he is with the puck. However, I've seen people claim he's a top 4 defenceman, which is false. I've also seen people say he has top pairing potential, which is just laughable. He's mediocre to bad in his own zone. I can remember plenty of times last year when his bad positioning/awareness led to a goal against. Say what you want about the +/- stat, but it definitely says something when you get 25 points and still manage to finish -21. He's also not much of a physical presence, whereas guys like Sbisa and Gudbranson can at least give you that. Offensively, he's a good puckmover as I said earlier, but his shot is the worst out of our D imo (even worse than Tanev's). At the moment I feel like Hutton is a slightly better version of Bartkowski, and a nice third pairing guy. Hopefully he improves a lot, because he does have some attractive skills. You would love him on your Calgary Flames...c'mon man just admit it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shiznak Posted October 12, 2016 Share Posted October 12, 2016 Overrated amongst the fanbase. Underrated around the league. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caknuckle Puck Posted October 12, 2016 Share Posted October 12, 2016 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caknuckle Puck Posted October 12, 2016 Share Posted October 12, 2016 this will be the new burrows thread lmao Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
timberz21 Posted October 12, 2016 Share Posted October 12, 2016 3 hours ago, MFWYNOT said: Unpopular opinion but people really need to calm down about Hutton. I'll start by saying this: I love how smooth and composed he is with the puck. However, I've seen people claim he's a top 4 defenceman, which is false. I've also seen people say he has top pairing potential, which is just laughable. He's mediocre to bad in his own zone. I can remember plenty of times last year when his bad positioning/awareness led to a goal against. Say what you want about the +/- stat, but it definitely says something when you get 25 points and still manage to finish -21. He's also not much of a physical presence, whereas guys like Sbisa and Gudbranson can at least give you that. Offensively, he's a good puckmover as I said earlier, but his shot is the worst out of our D imo (even worse than Tanev's). At the moment I feel like Hutton is a slightly better version of Bartkowski, and a nice third pairing guy. Hopefully he improves a lot, because he does have some attractive skills. If your whole theory is based on 25pts / -21... then Horvat and his 40 pts / -30 means his defensive game is worst than Mason Raymond Sure, he has a lot to learn to be a top pairing, but he proved he can play top 4. He's not the best top 4 in the league, but you can expect a rookie to be. This year we should see where his ceiling is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baggins Posted October 12, 2016 Share Posted October 12, 2016 17 minutes ago, timberz21 said: If your whole theory is based on 25pts / -21... then Horvat and his 40 pts / -30 means his defensive game is worst than Mason Raymond Sure, he has a lot to learn to be a top pairing, but he proved he can play top 4. He's not the best top 4 in the league, but you can expect a rookie to be. This year we should see where his ceiling is. It could easily be three to five years before we actually see his ceiling. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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