I mean, you asked for examples and I brought them without going too far behind in this thread. Whether they are Devils fans or not is kinda irrelevant. It's been said multiple times in this thread.
I mean, would Wright, Jiricek, Savoie, Casper and Korchinski all be in the top 10? Maybe half would? I don't know about Mintyukov but I do know he's ahead of Mateychuk and Rinzel. I don't think that's very close.
So if Hutson was 1-5 at EV through 10 games instead of 13-14 (with 4 empty netter) would you say he's been doing good if he had a 52% xGF on a contender team? be honest.
On the flip side, if Luke was 13-14 at EV with 4 empty netter on a basement dweller would you say he's doing good?
If Luke was sub 40% xGoals share I would be incredibly critical of him.
Or if you want an actual real life example, Seamus Casey, who had great box score stats, had a real goals share of 3-1, but was getting caved in and who I wanted out of the lineup along with Nemec asap.
(frankly a great comparable for hutson as another 2022 2nd round pick who's undersized and produced a ton in college and who have had great shooting luck and counting stats but bad analytics)
He was getting caved in analytically but had nice counting stats and bailed out by PDO (read shooting/goaltending).
When Luke and Pesce got caved in analytically in the game vs NYI, I was very critical of their play.
If Hutson was getting terrible shooting luck and winning his minutes, I would be full of praise for him.
Just like I am full of praise for Jake Sanderson.
I like guys who win their minutes. I don't like guys who get significantly outshot and outchanced while on the ice.