Can Jack Hughes become the second best player behind Connor McDavid?

[WhiskeyYerTheDevils]

Jack Hughes has entered the thread

 

[BallardEra]

10 points in 4 games.

 

[britdevil]

Effortless. He looks like he can reach another gear tbh.

 

[EdJovanovski]

He’s already better than McJester

 

[Brookbank]

No. Not even close.

Why is there such a drive by some ppl to pump this guy up ? He's the ultimate golden boy at this point.

 

[mm11]

Didn't even break a sweat. Kid is amazing. Post season will be the test but really don't think it will slow him down too much. Betcha devs fans are thrilled they didn't pick "NHL ready " kakko at #1

 

[BalButtercluck]

After I just watched him tonight literally tear my favorite team apart and wire one past one of the best goalies in the NHL in OT, yes, I think he can. Kid is absolutely ridiculous.

Will he score 150 points?? Probably not. But he will be a perennial 100+ point player for the next 10 years for sure. Absolutely sick.

 

[MitchMurphy]

Absolutely.

 

[MakoSlade]

Jack's gone past McDavid as the best player in the game

Comments like these get an entire fan base in trouble!

That being said...he's got as good a chance as anybody to grab that second best player spot.

 

[Connor McConnor]

He is borderline top 5 centres after this year. Not sure how 2nd is a convo

MacK
Drai
AM
Crosby/EP/Hughes/Bedard

 

[WhiskeyYerTheDevils]

109 points in his last 82 games, and he played a lot of those games while recovering from injury.

He might already be #2.

 

[authentic]

Looks strangely like Gretzky out there

 

[LuGBuG]

He’s unbelievable.

He is exactly why sometimes you need to show patience on young players. People had written him off by 20.

 

[LevelingSolo]

Will certainly be in the MVP conversations this year

 

[HBK27]

He is borderline top 5 centres after this year. Not sure how 2nd is a convo

MacK
Drai
AM
Crosby/EP/Hughes/Bedard

We're less than 5 games into the season for most teams. Why are you talking in certainties about how things will stand after this season?

 

[Nathaniel Skywalker]

Hart/ross/lindsay incoming

 

[Breakfast of Champs]

109 points in his last 82 games, and he played a lot of those games while recovering from injury.

He might already be #2.

There is a player in the league who just broke Bobby Orr's record for fastest to 250 and already has a Norris + CS. There is a player in the league who was the first player since Lemieux to score 50 goals over a 50 game span. There's another guy who had 128 last year and has multiple 110 pt 50 goal seasons, also 34 pts in a playoffs. Mackinnon has something like 120 pts in his last 82 games , too.

What hughes is doing is great, but let's not be disrespectful here, he has not done anything to be placed with Makar, Draisaitl, Matthews, or MacKinnon yet. How many pts doe EP have in his last 82 as well? 109 pts is amazing but it isn't what it was, there's a handful of guys who have produced at much better levels over 82 games than that recently

 

[Connor McConnor]

He’s unbelievable.

He is exactly why sometimes you need to show patience on young players. People had written him off by 20.

I mean, I don’t think that is true at all. People just get underwhelmed when top picks who are touted as a McDavid/AM level talent don’t put up similar numbers in their rookie year. Obviously he needed to build strength and wasn’t as NHL ready but most people on here knew he’d be good, just wasn’t sure how good.

 

[Emperoreddy]

 

[Connor McConnor]

We're less than 5 games into the season for most teams. Why are you talking in certainties about how things will stand after this season?

Because it would take more than another elite season by him to surpass the guys I put above? Why is that hard to understand? I get you Jersey fanboys want to crown your young prince but have some patience. He is on a great track and I am a fan of his who has regularly on these forums said I see him as a top 5 player in this league in the future but he’s 22.

 

[HBK27]

Because it would take more than another elite season by him to surpass the guys I put above? Why is that hard to understand? I get you Jersey fanboys want to crown your young prince but have some patience. He is on a great track and I am a fan of his who has regularly on these forums said I see him as a top 5 player in this league in the future but he’s 22.

Yet you already have Bedard on Jack's level after just one season....

And how exactly did I "crown him"? What specifically did I write?

 

[Taluss]

I think Drai is too good. But certainly think Hughes will give him a run for his $ at some point.

 

[Forge]

I dunno...I mean sure he could. Not sure what the odds of that happening are though. He definitely could be in the convo.

That said, he's a hell of a lot of fun to watch and I'm just glad he's a devil. Always exciting. I hope all of you guys also have someone on your team who is that fun to watch

 

[Lou is God]

Because it would take more than another elite season by him to surpass the guys I put above? Why is that hard to understand? I get you Jersey fanboys want to crown your young prince but have some patience. He is on a great track and I am a fan of his who has regularly on these forums said I see him as a top 5 player in this league in the future but he’s 22.

Calling others fanboys with that username. Ironic.

 

[Connor McConnor]

Yet you already have Bedard on Jack's level after just one season....

And how exactly did I "crown him"? What specifically did I write?

Unfortunately for you boys, Jack is in trouble when it comes to winning trophies after McDavids prime because Bedard is better than Jack

Calling others fanboys with that username. Ironic.

I try to be unbiased. Your fanbase uses laughing emojis and don’t respond to anything factual