Yes he is.
Ben Hutton:
75GP 1G 24A 25P
Hampus Lindholm:
80GP 10G 18A 28P
Cody Ceci:
75GP 10G 16A 26P
Ryan Murray:
82GP 4G 21A 25P
Jacob Trouba:
81GP 6G 15A 21P
Matt Dumba:
81GP 10G 16A 26P
Olli Maatta:
67GP 6G 13A 19P
The only defensemen who are without a doubt better than Hutton are Ghost, Parayko, and Rielly.
First of all, I'm not saying Hutton is better than the players I've listed. But he's definitely should be in the same conversation as them. The only reason he doesn't get talked about is because he's not a high pick like the people I've listed and he wasn't talked about at all until this season when he made the NHL. And he plays for the Canucks so people love to hate on that.
Now your argument is going to be, "well he's awful defensively!".
No he's not, I've watched every game he's played. He's played with some awful players thats for sure, but he's always cool calm and collected. He was the 2nd most defensively sound player on the Canucks behind Tanev last year.
Keep in mind that Ben Hutton played on the worst team in the NHL and also played on the 3rd pairing. He had no power play time and still led the Canucks defence in scoring.