Prospect Info: Luke Hughes - part III

[Blackjack]

Lmao

 

[My3Sons]

So according to an article today on NHL.com, Jack thinks Luke is going to be a horse. I'm curious what animal Jack sees himself becoming? Maybe a sea otter? They are small and cute and agile and speedy in the water. What about Dougie? I'm seeing a cuddly Grizzly Bear. And Bratt. I'd go with that small badger looking animal from the Harry Potter Fantastic Beasts movie that is greedy and likes jewels and gold objects. OK, he's still a unicorn. Hischier is clearly an ox or some other domestic farm animal that pulls a plow or a wagon or whatever the animal equivalent is of the 3C. Ruff of course is the 150 year old giant tortoise from the Galapagos Islands that actually met Thomas Jefferson when both were young (or at least younger than me).

 

[forceten]

B

Because I want to win hockey games

What about Smith makes you think he puts us in position to win hockey games? Honest question, because my view is that he's severely limited in some skills/areas of the game (he's fine in others), and lost his job to Kevin Bahl who has rocketed up the depth chart. Luke Hughes played very well in his one game - some key poke checks, nice defense and even flashes of skating and passing skill. He will indeed make mistakes but Smith will too, especially being as cold as he is.

At this point Luke Hughes has played a lot more than Smith has in the last few months, don't forget. Competition is different for sure... but.

So according to an article today on NHL.com, Jack thinks Luke is going to be a horse. I'm curious what animal Jack sees himself becoming? Maybe a sea otter? They are small and cute and agile and speedy in the water. What about Dougie? I'm seeing a cuddly Grizzly Bear. And Bratt. I'd go with that small badger looking animal from the Harry Potter Fantastic Beasts movie that is greedy and likes jewels and gold objects. OK, he's still a unicorn. Hischier is clearly an ox or some other domestic farm animal that pulls a plow or a wagon or whatever the animal equivalent is of the 3C. Ruff of course is the 150 year old giant tortoise from the Galapagos Islands that actually met Thomas Jefferson when both were young (or at least younger than me).

I was thinking perhaps a badger for Jack? Still small and somewhat cute but nasty streaks in those fu**ers.

I agree with Dougie. Bratt isn't really a badger. He might be a woodchuck. I mean, how much wood could a Brattchuk chuck? A lot.

 

[JimEIV]

I doubt Luke will see any significant playoff time. It's not a matter of Luke being better or worse than any of our regular Dmen it's a matter of zero experience vs guys who got us to this point.

There just isn't enough time for Luke to get acclimated to this league and the playoffs is not the time to let a player figure it out.

Come playoff time were not going to run with 7 Dmen, I am sure the coaching staff will want to roll 4 lines in the playoffs. With that in order for any Dman to be in the lineup come playoff time they have to be ready for full load...not only that, removing Bahl or Smith from the lineup is taking away a potential penalty killer. Bahl has averaged more time short handed than Hamilton has this season and Smith is ,4th among Dmen.

I honestly doubt we see Luke in playoffs.

 

[Clam Jensen]

What about Smith makes you think he puts us in position to win hockey games? Honest question, because my view is that he's severely limited in some skills/areas of the game (he's fine in others), and lost his job to Kevin Bahl who has rocketed up the depth chart. Luke Hughes played very well in his one game - some key poke checks, nice defense and even flashes of skating and passing skill. He will indeed make mistakes but Smith will too, especially being as cold as he is.

At this point Luke Hughes has played a lot more than Smith has in the last few months, don't forget. Competition is different for sure... but.



I was thinking perhaps a badger for Jack? Still small and somewhat cute but nasty streaks in those fu**ers.

I agree with Dougie. Bratt isn't really a badger. He might be a woodchuck. I mean, how much wood could a Brattchuk chuck? A lot.

I see Jack as a ferret. Nimble as hell and very quick twitch.

 

[MasterofGrond]

I doubt Luke will see any significant playoff time. It's not a matter of Luke being better or worse than any of our regular Dmen it's a matter of zero experience vs guys who got us to this point.

There just isn't enough time for Luke to get acclimated to this league and the playoffs is not the time to let a player figure it out.

Come playoff time were not going to run with 7 Dmen, I am sure the coaching staff will want to roll 4 lines in the playoffs. With that in order for any Dman to be in the lineup come playoff time they have to be ready for full load...not only that, removing Bahl or Smith from the lineup is taking away a potential penalty killer. Bahl has averaged more time short handed than Hamilton has this season and Smith is ,4th among Dmen.

I honestly doubt we see Luke in playoffs.

Agreed.

Assuming health, of course.

 

[Saugus]

I doubt Luke will see any significant playoff time. It's not a matter of Luke being better or worse than any of our regular Dmen it's a matter of zero experience vs guys who got us to this point.

There just isn't enough time for Luke to get acclimated to this league and the playoffs is not the time to let a player figure it out.

Come playoff time were not going to run with 7 Dmen, I am sure the coaching staff will want to roll 4 lines in the playoffs. With that in order for any Dman to be in the lineup come playoff time they have to be ready for full load...not only that, removing Bahl or Smith from the lineup is taking away a potential penalty killer. Bahl has averaged more time short handed than Hamilton has this season and Smith is ,4th among Dmen.

I honestly doubt we see Luke in playoffs.

I agree with this, but with the caveat that if Hamilton and/or Severson get injured at any point, this can change in a hurry. We need the offense those guys bring from the back end, and all the Siegenthaler activation in the world won't replace it, let alone Smith.

In that case, I think Luke would get the call over guys like Nemec, or anybody else in Utica.

 

[Devs3cups]

So according to an article today on NHL.com, Jack thinks Luke is going to be a horse. I'm curious what animal Jack sees himself becoming? Maybe a sea otter? They are small and cute and agile and speedy in the water. What about Dougie? I'm seeing a cuddly Grizzly Bear. And Bratt. I'd go with that small badger looking animal from the Harry Potter Fantastic Beasts movie that is greedy and likes jewels and gold objects. OK, he's still a unicorn. Hischier is clearly an ox or some other domestic farm animal that pulls a plow or a wagon or whatever the animal equivalent is of the 3C. Ruff of course is the 150 year old giant tortoise from the Galapagos Islands that actually met Thomas Jefferson when both were young (or at least younger than me).

We all know Mercer’s a golden retriever too.

 

[MasterofGrond]

We all know Mercer’s a golden retriever too.

Not dumb enough

Love my golden, he’s perfect, but they’re not sending their brightest.

 

[My3Sons]

Not dumb enough

Love my golden, he’s perfect, but they’re not sending their brightest.

We've had six, typically one female and one male together. Our last male was fairly smart but all he cared about was food and only used his brains to get to food. Our current male is lovingly referred to by my oldest son as "The Big Dummy". He's the sweetest most gentle soul of all of our dogs and I love him dearly. He's also dumb as a stump and thinks he's a lap dog at 85 pounds.

 

[Devs3cups]

We've had six, typically one female and one male together. Our last male was fairly smart but all he cared about was food and only used his brains to get to food. Our current male is lovingly referred to by my oldest son as "The Big Dummy". He's the sweetest most gentle soul of all of our dogs and I love him dearly. He's also dumb as a stump and thinks he's a lap dog at 85 pounds.

I love goldens so much lol. Do you have any pics if you're comfortable?

 

[Mr Bojanglez]

So according to an article today on NHL.com, Jack thinks Luke is going to be a horse. I'm curious what animal Jack sees himself becoming? Maybe a sea otter? They are small and cute and agile and speedy in the water. What about Dougie? I'm seeing a cuddly Grizzly Bear. And Bratt. I'd go with that small badger looking animal from the Harry Potter Fantastic Beasts movie that is greedy and likes jewels and gold objects. OK, he's still a unicorn. Hischier is clearly an ox or some other domestic farm animal that pulls a plow or a wagon or whatever the animal equivalent is of the 3C. Ruff of course is the 150 year old giant tortoise from the Galapagos Islands that actually met Thomas Jefferson when both were young (or at least younger than me).

I started saying this year. After Hamilton scores a goal, and the players come over to congratulate him... he looks like a Mommy Otter hugging her babies. IDK if that makes sense

 

[Mr Bojanglez]

I love dogs so much lol. Do you have any pics if you're comfortable?

We might need a dog/pet thread. Also, this will be me in that thread:

 

[Devs3cups]

We might need a dog/pet thread. Also, this will be me in that thread:

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That's a good off-season thread idea haha!

 

[Alex NJD]

I don't think Luke should be getting much/any playoff time but the thought of it reminded me both McAvoy and Makar made their debuts in the playoffs.
McAvoy played 1D minutes out of the gate 26 minutes per game over 6 games
Makar was a little more sheltered 17 minutes per game over 10 games.
Hopefully Luke is in the same conversation as these guys 3-4 years from now

 

[OmNomNom]

i think luke plays today and they test out if he's got the skills to go in as a 6/7 during playoffs

 

[Blackjack]

So according to an article today on NHL.com, Jack thinks Luke is going to be a horse. I'm curious what animal Jack sees himself becoming? Maybe a sea otter? They are small and cute and agile and speedy in the water. What about Dougie? I'm seeing a cuddly Grizzly Bear. And Bratt. I'd go with that small badger looking animal from the Harry Potter Fantastic Beasts movie that is greedy and likes jewels and gold objects. OK, he's still a unicorn. Hischier is clearly an ox or some other domestic farm animal that pulls a plow or a wagon or whatever the animal equivalent is of the 3C. Ruff of course is the 150 year old giant tortoise from the Galapagos Islands that actually met Thomas Jefferson when both were young (or at least younger than me).

Sooo, Jack is an otter and Dougie is a bear…

Hmmmmmm

 

[OmNomNom]

So according to an article today on NHL.com, Jack thinks Luke is going to be a horse. I'm curious what animal Jack sees himself becoming? Maybe a sea otter? They are small and cute and agile and speedy in the water. What about Dougie? I'm seeing a cuddly Grizzly Bear. And Bratt. I'd go with that small badger looking animal from the Harry Potter Fantastic Beasts movie that is greedy and likes jewels and gold objects. OK, he's still a unicorn. Hischier is clearly an ox or some other domestic farm animal that pulls a plow or a wagon or whatever the animal equivalent is of the 3C. Ruff of course is the 150 year old giant tortoise from the Galapagos Islands that actually met Thomas Jefferson when both were young (or at least younger than me).

Spoiler

 

[Hisch13r]

i think luke plays today and they test out if he's got the skills to go in as a 6/7 during playoffs

That's what they should've used these 2 games as. Instead they gave him 11 minutes last game. Unless they were just super duper concerned with home ice I don't really see why his usage would be all that different that last game. I don't think they'll give him the rope they should to test him out.

 

[My3Sons]

I love goldens so much lol. Do you have any pics if you're comfortable?

I’m getting on a plane today taking my youngest to admitted students day. Maybe when I get back after the weekend.

 

[Nubmer6]

I’m getting on a plane today taking my youngest to admitted students day. Maybe when I get back after the weekend.

Congrats.

Raise hell

 

[OmNomNom]

We've had six, typically one female and one male together. Our last male was fairly smart but all he cared about was food and only used his brains to get to food. Our current male is lovingly referred to by my oldest son as "The Big Dummy". He's the sweetest most gentle soul of all of our dogs and I love him dearly. He's also dumb as a stump and thinks he's a lap dog at 85 pounds.

Should rename him miles wood

 

[Emperoreddy]

The bad takes in this thread looking even worse right now

 

[My3Sons]

The bad takes in this thread looking even worse right now

What are you talking about? Male golden retrievers are absolutely dumb even by dog standards.

 

[Nubmer6]

The bad takes in this thread looking even worse right now

Naming a dumb, fast dog "Miles Wood" is a bad take?