Quinn Hughes Mega thread: Top in points, Norris consideration, MVP and Canucks fans hearts

[Petey O]

If nobody manages to snap this twig in two all year, then yeah, he deserves the Norris alright.

Good luck getting into a position to be able to 'snap the twig in two'. He's too agile and slippery for most league meatheads to touch.

 

[PensandCaps]

He has made eat my words big time. Never thought he could be an all around elite guy.

Last year he turned into a very good two way guy, this year he is building off that and becoming arguably the best Dman In the world.

 

[HighAndTight]

The points race is going to be insane towards the end of the season.



They should be arrested by Big Brother, studied, and then cloned.

This is some Yao Ming shit.

 

[The Gr8 Dane]

Give this guy the norris already

 

[Knight53]

 

[Canucks LB]

He has made eat my words big time. Never thought he could be an all around elite guy.

Last year he turned into a very good two way guy, this year he is building off that and becoming arguably the best Dman In the world.

Damn right man, the way he controls the game is wild

 

[potatowejj]

Guy is legit reminding me of Lidstrom right now with the way he controls the play whenever he is on the ice. Makes a few more gaffes than him, but the smoothness/effortlessness of transition game and puck possession is there.

Not to mention that he's a bit more daring offensively.

 

[pvr]

Show that to Quinn, and maybe he pushes for 4A next game.

 

[Fatass]

Karlsson had 28 points by Nov 17 last year.

Was he leading the league in scoring? Was he a plus 18?

 

[Siludin]

Was he leading the league in scoring? Was he a plus 18?

Karlsson has never even led his team in +/-

 

[David Bruce Banner]

Hughes is great and we are living in the best era for elite defensemen since the mid-90's.

 

[tfong]

Was he leading the league in scoring? Was he a plus 18?

If you're using plus/minus to weigh in on a dman, you're not allowed to talk to me. Also has nothing to do with the context of which I was responding to so go take your bias elsewhere. I only like conversing with objective fans (or funny ones).

Karlsson has never even led his team in +/-

Oh I'm sure he has. 2010 and 2017.

 

[Siludin]

Oh I'm sure he has. 2010 and 2017.

I assume you mean 2012.
He may have led in October at like +6 after 8 games, but I don't think Karlsson has ever led his team in +/- after November 15th. Maybe weird trivia but I'd be curious to know if there has been a time.
And I'm also not saying that +/- is the greatest statistic in the world, but he is leading the league, and where there is smoke there is fire for Quinn - his 5 on 5 numbers this year are out of control.

 

[tfong]

I assume you mean 2012.
He may have led in October at like +6 after 8 games, but I don't think Karlsson has ever led his team in +/- after November 15th. Maybe weird trivia but I'd be curious to know if there has been a time.
And I'm also not saying that +/- is the greatest statistic in the world, but he is leading the league, and where there is smoke there is fire for Quinn - his 5 on 5 numbers this year are out of control.

I said what I said

We never established leading in which direction

(also not denying QH's 5v5 so there is no reason to contest my statement for it, I would just never use plus minus since we have other far more useful metrics to gauge that kind of performance. The reference for my statement was a scoring one made by another poster of whether or not another dman had scored that much in the same time frame but then I got assaulted by a white knight).

 

[42]

But who's better, him, Pettersson or Demko?

 

[Sunan]

Reading this thread starting at 2019 is great! Everyone gets a pass because who knew he was going to be this silky

 

[KevinRedkey]

Canucks fans - get ready to see the 'but he's bad defensively' card played at every turn for the next 15yrs. It'll be both annoying and amusing at the same time. Just enjoy the ride.

 

[eviohh26]

But who's better, him, Pettersson or Demko?

Our best player is Hughes. Without a doubt.

 

[Jay26]

But who's better, him, Pettersson or Demko?

Him.

 

[Jay26]

I might be the only one who doesn't compare Hughes against Makar. I like to compare within draft year so for me it's Dahlin vs Hughes and Heiskanen vs Makar.

 

[petterdaddy]

But who's better, him, Pettersson or Demko?

Hughes is currently the best Canuck overall, Petey has been great but not 100% healthy. Miller has likely been our best forward overall, he’s just a beast at both ends of the ice this year.

Healthy Pettersson is up there with Hughes though. But what Quinn is doing this year on and off the score sheet is impressive as hell.

 

[Petey O]

Canucks fans - get ready to see the 'but he's bad defensively' card played at every turn for the next 15yrs. It'll be both annoying and amusing at the same time. Just enjoy the ride.

It's funny. If he was a few inches taller, he would never get this label.

 

[petterdaddy]

It's funny. If he was a few inches taller, he would never get this label.

Hockey fans in general have really weird complexes about short(er) men. Hughes being 4 Inches taller wouldn’t make a difference really — his game isn’t molded on being big. Quinn in general has shown a lot more toughness than his taller teammates.

 

[Knight53]

2 assists back of tying Leetch in assists in first 300 games. 3 back of Bobby Orr.

 

[Sensatauro]

This guy's a real beauty. Norris winner if ending season today without question. Will this continue the entire year? Will see, but he looks like the real deal to me. So I wouldn't be surprised if he does