Seider was at 45.7 over a 3 year span from 2021-2024
Hutson is at 41.2 his rookie season on a significantly worse defensive team than any of Seider's.
Yes, Seider was at 45.7% playing by far the hardest minutes in the NHL by a wide margin (and it was concerning when his numbers fell last year to 43%).
Eg, the Kaiden Guhle minutes.
Also hutson is at 39.9% this year.
Also, the difference between sub 40% and 46% is pretty massive.
Seider was -0.35/60 xGoal differential in his first 2 years. Or basically 1 goal for every 10 games at 17 minutes of 5v5 play a night.
For Hutson that number is -1.06/60. Or basically 1 goal for every 10 periods at 17 minutes of 5v5 play a night.
Or, over the course of a 1400 minute season 5v5, it's the difference between
-25 xGoal differential for Hutson
-8 xGoal differential for Seider
Also this "let's excuse all bad results from the part of a bad team" when does it end?
You could go through every single player on MTL and use their teammates as a reason for their poor results (and this does happen) and justify having them over a player on a good team.