Connor Bedard or Jack Hughes?

[Video Nasty]

Bedard. It’s not like Hughes is dropping the 130 some predicted after the opening two weeks of last season. He’s still only hovering around PPG today and since then.

 

[wetcoast]

Still Hughes. Bedard has a long way to go. He could very well end up just as good, maybe even a bit better, but his recent trajectory is certainly a bit concerning.

Funny I was going to write the same thing bolded for Hughes.

 

[Coffee]

too hard

 

[Xirik]

I enjoyed the last thread where people thought Bedard was going be better then Hughes last season and how this season he would be way past Hughes that there wouldn't be a conversation.

God that Hype was unreal.

 

[Pavel Buchnevich]

Still Bedard. He’ll have a better rookie and second season. Just hasn’t lived up to expectations, but has no help and he was always a little overrated by the people who thought he was generational.

 

[Video Nasty]

I enjoyed the last thread where people thought Bedard was going be better then Hughes last season and how this season he would be way past Hughes that there wouldn't be a conversation.

God that Hype was unreal.

Let’s not forget that plenty had Hughes pegged as a top 5 scorer for the foreseeable future, as little as one year ago. Instead, a couple of injuries and simply not being as great as a quick start to 2023-2024 signaled over the next 80 or so games seems to have quelled that thought. Both sides are not immune.

 

[nucks88]

If the Canucks could manage to get either one of them I would go for Bedard....

 

[SimpleJack]

The fact that Bedard is still winning this poll despite how awful he’s currently playing speaks volumes about the talent and potential that exists.

 

[WhiskeyYerTheDevils]

The fact that Bedard is still winning this poll despite how awful he’s currently playing speaks volumes about the talent and potential that exists.

I think it speaks more to how much he was hyped before he broke into the league.

 

[wetcoast]

I think it speaks more to how much he was hyped before he broke into the league.

I think it speaks more to Bedard being 19 and on a really crappy team with a lower than expected shooting % being only slightly behind Hughes in production at age 23 on a much better team?

 

[Primary Assist]

Wow 50/50, great poll OP.

Bedard doesn't have anywhere near the supporting cast as Hughes. I'm not a Devils fan, but as a Jersey boy I'll vote for Hughes.

Lose for Hughes was also the funnier tagline during his respective draft year

 

[La Bamba]

I would gamble on Bedard since he is 4 years younger but Hughes' game is more suited to the NHL especially with his skating. I wouldn't be surprised if Hughes had the better career but if Bedard developed elite level skating... oh boy. Similar to Tavares, I think Bedard's flaws are more exposed in the NHL versus in junior when he was putting up historic numbers