Give me Hutton over Little and Hinz all day long. The team also now has one player from the 2001 draft class on the roster and it’s Nick Robertson who will graduate early.
IDK about that. We are pretty diligent when it comes to asset management and developing our players. He will most likely be back in Peterborough next year.
Seems to me it was exactly as I suspected; Hutton wanted to go somewhere he would be showcased. Tough to do that in Peterborough when he is (rightfully) behind Robertson, SDA, Gallant, Kirk, McTavish and Butler, and once he gets into the bottom 6 it's tougher for a guy like him to look good. In Kingston, he's easily going to be in that top 6 if he continues playing well and he'll get to play along side at least 4 other prospects that NHL teams are going to be looking at for this upcoming draft (Wisdom, Wong, Murray and Pinchuk, plus possibly Rowe, Peric and Frasca). Peterborough pretty much only has Butler and then Hutton, so NHL teams are probably not making as many special trips to go see the Petes play this year as they will Kingston.
Can't blame the kid for wanting to do what is best for his future NHL career. He's earned as much with his play. Worst case now is Peterborough needs to hit up a team with some extra depth for a cheap acquisition, or they get to give another one of their prospects a chance to impress in Hutton's old role.