Superstar in the making
Luke Hughes has taken a massive step forward
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He can potentially be better than Quinn . I’m going to get roasted for saying that . I’m saying a net positive “ better “ where Luke can dominate on offence and defence. Luke might not be as dynamic on offence but he will be close enough where his defence will be better than Quinn and I’d take Luke over Quinn if given the choice
He looks like a Norris winner tonight. 25+ mins, 1g 1a 6 SOG....
MitchMurphy
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That was one hell of a game from him against clb.
Bounces R Way
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Pretty scary looking dman for a 21 year old. Really has taken a big step in a short amount of time. Impressive rookie campaign but I saw a lot of warts, cleaned up a lot of em already.
Hughes family is kinda nuts with it though. A challenger for the Tkachuks as the greatest American hockey clan.
Hughes family is kinda nuts with it though. A challenger for the Tkachuks as the greatest American hockey clan.
I for one remain shocked that the biggest, fastest skating Hughes bro is in fact very good at hockey
But from a physical standpoint, Luke is bigger and faster than quinn
It's a massive bar to reach. Like a MASSIVE bar.
But from a physical standpoint, Luke is bigger and faster than quinn
Keith/Matthew/Brady vs Quinn/Jack/Luke will be a fun comparison but I think Jim and then especially Ellen will push the Hughes over the finish
NJ DevLolz
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He has to improve his shot but he has everything else
Meh. Sure his shot can be better but he has a great shot as well. 9 goals last year on 7 ixG. 27 goals in 80 games with Michigan. He’s not going to continue getting this unlucky
I feel like Luke will never control play like Quinn, because he’s a pretty big unicorn there. The fluidity of his skating and his elusiveness with the puck is amazing and something I don’t think Luke can match. And it’s that skating that creates so many lanes from the backend that just straight speed doesn’t.
But he might be more of a traditional two-way defenseman who can still be elite in transition and in the offense end while also having the size and strength to be more of a shutdown presence as well. I guess it depends on what one values more.
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He certainly does need to improve it. We saw Jack's shot get much better, I have faith that Luke's shot will get much better as well.
NJ DevLolz
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Should have been more clear here- I think the quality of his shot is fine. I was more referring to his ability to get shots through sticks and bodies and knowing when to shoot vs pass in certain scenarios. This is a very minor and nitpicky thing lol
he should have scored 2 goals tough. there was a lot more net than pad on one of his chances before he broke through.
SteveCangialosi123
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He should have scored a hat trick. That may have been the most grade A scoring chances for a dman I’ve ever seen. Ridiculous performance but he definitely left a lot on the bone.
This is why it was ridiculous to fill out the 4N Team. L. Hughes right now is a much better player than Hanifin who a I was really surprised was named. I rate L. Hughes,
Sanderson, Vlasic and possibly McDonagh over Hanifin.
I’d definitely have McDonagh over Hanifin and I don’t get that choice. At least with the other 3 you have the “they’re young” card to play. Luke keeps this up and he’ll be impossible to leave off the Olympic team.
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TheBeerNerd
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Turns out that having two parents with playing experience is better than one.
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Very powerful skater. What I like about him is how often he ends up around the net despite being a dman. Knows his tools well. If he is properly developed to use them at both ends of the ice he will easily be a top 5 dman.. But he needs to play like this for a few seasons not 17 games or whatever the split being posted is.
Defensively he’s been tremendous all year. Granted still only 26. Offensively it took him a bit to get into a groove coming off the injury and considering he was great offensively last year as well I think it’s pretty easy to declare the injury was why he started slow.
I do agree 17 games isn’t enough to just declare this is what he is now but if it is then holy f*** he will be in Norris contention in short order. He’s been very arguably the best player on the team and that’s saying something because Jack-Bratt have been buzzing.
