Dach has nowhere near Hughes's skillset. There is a reason 5`10 Hughes went 1st overall out of the U18 program and 6`4 Dach went 3rd.
Isn't it over for Kakko too?I was right, the season is NOT over!
Well, it is for Jack Hughes.
Garbage mobile website... Should be Dach in title obviously.
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Isn't it over for Kakko too?
I guess he could get a 2nd opinion, but it might not be worth it
He is going to have to take the puck to the middle of the ice at some point to actually use these skills. I wont hold my breath.- Better acceleration
- Better edgework
- Better top end speed
- Better playmaking
- Better hockey sense
- Better motor
- Better work ethic
- Better puck skills
Is that what you were looking for? Or is it the ability to create high danger scoring chances on his own. His skating is going to allow him to carve up defenses for years to come, it's a rare combination of skills that only a few NHL'ers have. Sure he has his downfalls but those are things that should get better with time.
I'm sure you will come back with garbage how Dach has better skills and better hockey sense because that is an arbitrary statement but even with Hughes poor season he had the the better underlying numbers.
Edit: I will happily wait till the start of the next season to rejoin you in this argument after Hughes gets 6+ months to put some size on.
Referencing will scouch, yikes. Like that guy knows hockey outside of a bunch of statistics. Also trying to downplay size and strength too. A true internet hockey warrior argument. At some point you need to actually watch the games and identify hockey traits. The two biggest teams in the NHL won the Stanley Cup the last two seasons. Size matters, alot, big players with size take longer to develop too. Its not to say i dont like small players because I do. I dont like small players who dont make up for their lack of size, with high end motor and compete. They also still need to be willing to go to the dirty areas. Jack Hughes did not show me that in multiple viewings.The only skill that Dach has in the big 5 over Hughes is his shot. I don't consider size or strength as a skill, they are assets for sure that help retrieve the puck. When talking skills, Will Scouch has a pretty good way to break it down.
Think, Move, Get, Pass and Shoot
- Hughes thinks the game better, there were speed bumps due to the jump from U18 to NHL but with time he will understand what he can get away with and what he can't.
- Hughes certainly moves better, no explanation needed.
- Hughes's speed and motor will allow him to get the puck when he doesn't have it. Even when he turned the puck over his speed and quick hands allowed him to retrieve it quite often.
- Hughes is a dynamic playmaker, very much in the mold of a Barzal with the puck.
- Hughes shot is by far his weakest skill, it will get better with work and maturity but I doubt he is ever better than Dach in this.
I thought he had the highest potential of this draft at the time and he's only reinforced that opinion since than.Ooofff people are actually all of a sudden taking Dach 1 after one year? I love dach, actually had him 3 all of last year where as most people had him closer to 10, but man stop being so reactionary.
Referencing will scouch, yikes. Like that guy knows hockey outside of a bunch of statistics. Also trying to downplay size and strength too. A true internet hockey warrior argument. At some point you need to actually watch the games and identify hockey traits. The two biggest teams in the NHL won the Stanley Cup the last two seasons. Size matters, alot, big players with size take longer to develop too. Its not to say i dont like small players because I do. I dont like small players who dont make up for their lack of size, with high end motor and compete. They also still need to be willing to go to the dirty areas. Jack Hughes did not show me that in multiple viewings.
Meanwhile Dach exuded an elite complete package who was getting substantially better as the season went along. Showing more high end potential, his skill and skating already for a boy his size is very impressive.
I thought he had the highest potential of this draft at the time and he's only reinforced that opinion since than.
I'm a Blackhawks fan.Dach will end up the best forward from his draft class.
His two way game is already excellent for an NHLer let alone a teenager, he’s going to be such a beast when he fills out into his frame. For WHL comparables he reminded me of a less offensively skilled Draisaitl and Getzlaf, but a better skater and better defensively at the same age.
This is the best you can come up with?It’s weird that you say that the guy who provides a different opinion didn’t watch him. What if he watched REAL GUD like you did and came out with a different opinion?
I thought he had the highest potential of this draft at the time and he's only reinforced that opinion since than.
At this point Kakko wouldn’t go top 5 in a redraft
That's silly.At this point Kakko wouldn’t go top 5 in a redraft