He just creates so much out there, he's on another level then I'm used to seeing as a 18 year old Freshman though as a opposite to what Jordan Harris did in his Freshman year where his defense was excellent but his offense was shit as his shot was weak.
I can't recall any game of Hutson's this season (I think I've missed 1 or 2) where I didn't walk away thinking how did he not have 2 or 3 more points. It just totally reminds me of Caufield but actually a bit more exciting in terms of what i'm seeing. Sure it could end up not going well in the NHL but no way am I betting against this kid, he just gets it imo just based off what he does on the ice. To try those things at that size knowing he's not that fast, strong or quick yet he will deke, shake, shimmy, whatever he has to do and it so often turns into something.
I don't put any stock in JFresh or advanced stats for that matter, but I've slowly been coming around to them in baseball so I guess it's only a matter of time for me to start paying attention to them in hockey, just not there yet.
Hutson's biggest problem is that for his size, he's not overly fast, so you have to mix a lack of height, weight, strength, speed, skating. His defense seems fine to me, it's the lack of the physical tools that can get him into trouble. If say over the next 5 years or even 7 years (so by the time he's 23 or 25) if he can get stronger, improve his upper and lower body strength, add as much mass as possible without it slowing him down, work on the skating and stop using his hands like that as it looks like it just wastes energy and over an 82 game schedule it will help I got to think. If he can work on those things then even at his current height I think he will be a very good NHLer though he may need someone like Guhle as his partner.