As a Canucks fan, I must also give Makar his dues. Clearly stepped his game up and ramping up off the end of his season. His defense has actually been much more detailed recently too. Not chasing nearly as much and letting the play come to him a bit more which is huge from what I've watched.
Hughes is clearly still adjusting to the learning curve. He's slowly putting it together to rush the puck up on these multi-man attacks but he really has to switch up his game because what worked in the regular season is a complete 180 to what he needs to do with guys going out of their way to avoid the puck to take body on him. Defensively he's been okay (held McDavid to zero shots last night) but he's taken a step back offensively. Getting there, but Makar is on another level.