LD Ben Hutton (2012, 147th, VAN)

[NHL RankKing]

Hutton scored his first goal of the preseason last night. I didn't catch the game, but this will help to solidify his chances of making the 'Nucks

 

[Canucks LB]

Ben Hutton makes the team out of absolutely nowhere.

Not only that, in practice today he is on a line with Chris Tanev, what a opportunity

 

[wonton15]

Forced Benning and co. to put Corrado on waivers, wow

 

[McSpecial DraiBlend]

He looked good in the two games I saw.

 

[bradbirtch]

sweet good for him ya i know somebody in the nhl now

 

[WetcoastOrca]

Five points in seven pre-season games made it an easy decision.
Especially for a team that doesn't get much production from its defence.
He already looks like a vet back there skating the puck out of danger.

 

[Zaddy]

Looked really good in the games I watched. Happy for the kid, always nice to see late round picks making it to the big show

 

[WTG]

Linden said that keeping Hutton in the lineup was the easiest decision.

Good for Ben, I hear from everyone that met him that he's a great guy. Happy that he's on the team. Well deserved.

 

[groov2]

I guess he deserves some recognition for his first assist in his first NHL game:

 

[Vaclav Varada]

Always awesome to see someone from the CCHL make the show!

 

[Canucks LB]

Ben Hutton listed in top pairing of NHL.com All-Calder Team

http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=784325&navid=DL|NHL|home

Ben Hutton - Colton Parayko

Griffin Reinhart - Trevor van Riemsdyk

Noah Hanifin - Klas Dahlbeck

Extra: Jake McCabe

Parayko (St. Louis Blues) and Hutton (Vancouver Canucks) have had surprisingly strong starts. Neither was expected to be on an NHL roster at this point in the season, but both had strong training camps and that solid play has extended into the regular season.

Hutton entered play Thursday averaging 18:49 of ice time through six games. Parayko is averaging 18:35 in seven games on a defense that also features Alex Pietrangelo and Jay Bouwmeester. He was elevated to a top-four role because of an injury to Kevin Shattenkirk. Both have three points.

Hutton has been a revaluation this year, should have 4 points btw, he got screwed off one, same with McCann.

Hutton is already our top 4 d-man pretty much, he is making sbisa look like an NHL 6th d-man. Should win the calder on that alone

 

[nowhereman]

His poise with the puck, passing and hockey IQ are really something special. He makes plays out there that aren't just impressive by rookie standards but by any standard.

Looks like the Canucks got lucky with this one.

 

[Phrazer]

His poise with the puck, passing and hockey IQ are really something special. He makes plays out there that aren't just impressive by rookie standards but by any standard.

Looks like the Canucks got lucky with this one.

I'm a Canucks fan and I think this is a pretty heavy overreaction. He looks like he belongs in the league, which is impressive for a guy first breaking in. But he has a long long way to go to prove that he could be anything more than a bottom pairing/depth guy on a strong D core.

 

[Josepho]

I'm a Canucks fan and I think this is a pretty heavy overreaction. He looks like he belongs in the league, which is impressive for a guy first breaking in. But he has a long long way to go to prove that he could be anything more than a bottom pairing/depth guy on a strong D core.

Obviously, he has to consistently keep up this play. But, IMO, he's been our 2nd best Defenceman (next to Tanev), and there's reason to believe he can be more than a bottom pairing defenceman, because he has played like a top 4.

 

[Canucks LB]

I'm a Canucks fan and I think this is a pretty heavy overreaction. He looks like he belongs in the league, which is impressive for a guy first breaking in. But he has a long long way to go to prove that he could be anything more than a bottom pairing/depth guy on a strong D core.

What have you been watching? his passing alone has been incredible, his skating is top notch, and reads the play so well.

he already is our top 4 d-man pretty much, the kid came out of nowhere and is going t be in the NHL for a long long career

 

[IComeInPeace]

I'm a Canucks fan and I think this is a pretty heavy overreaction. He looks like he belongs in the league, which is impressive for a guy first breaking in. But he has a long long way to go to prove that he could be anything more than a bottom pairing/depth guy on a strong D core.

While homer fans tend to exaggerate both good and bad play, in this case, you are way off the mark...
Hutton has been as impressive a rookie as we've seen in Vancouver in a long, long time.

As a first yr pro, I'd say in my time as a Nucks fan, only Linden and Bure have showed better as rookies in Vancouver.

However 7-8 games means nothing. College players esp have shown they can wear down as the season progresses.

If this is a fluke, or a good run based on sky high confidence, we shall soon find out.

I think the kids the real deal though.

 

[Burr08]

Extremely tempted to get myself a Hutton jersey; kids looks like he'll be a rock on our back end for years to come (barring any unforeseen circumstances)

 

[Addison Rae]

4 points in 8 games for Hutton, love his poise and puck moving ability. He really should be playing on our first unit PP over Edler.

 

[Habitat]

100% staying after 9 games right?

 

[ProstheticConscience]

100% staying after 9 games right?

He's 22. Can be assigned to Utica.

But definitely won't be. He's made some rookie mistakes here and there, but so far he's been our only dman who can consistently skate the puck out of trouble, pass the puck out of trouble, and actually make Sbisa not look terrible. He's been a really, really good find.

Definite keeper.

 

[Roy Baby*]

There's no way he gets sent down.... he's been our second best defenseman by far. The fact Bartkowski is a healthy scratch says a lot

 

[Tiranis]

he's been our second best defenseman by far.

Nah. Tanev and Edler are easily the top two guys right now and it's not even very close after that. They play top competition and do it extremely well.

 

[Josepho]

Nah. Tanev and Edler are easily the top two guys right now and it's not even very close after that. They play top competition and do it extremely well.

IMO Edler has not been good this season.

 

[DadBod]

Canucks have 3 top tier defenseman: Edler, Hamhuis and Tanev. Hutton has not only kept up with these players but he's equally impressive. In fact his passing and skating is probably better than any of the above mentioned players.

Not bad at all.

 

[Tiranis]

IMO Edler has not been good this season.

He leads the team in ice-time by a large margin and has excellent possession stats (on a poor possession team) playing against other top lines. *shrug*