‘”I think they want to kind of protect him. It’s going to be a big year for him,” Hutton said on his conference call with the media. “He’s a young kid coming up, and paying full-time in the NHL is a lot different than playing full-time in the AHL. I think they just don’t want to make any mistakes rushing him. They know he’s the guy of the future and have a lot of faith in him. My role is to step in, play well and help this team win hockey games right away.”‘