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We’re talking about New Jersey Devils forward Jack Hughes, and how he’s a franchise-calibre player at the NHL level.
This video is taking place after the 2022 NHL Entry Draft, and after the 2022 Stanley Cup Playoffs.
The 2022 NHL Draft 1st Round went as follows:
1st) Montreal Canadiens, Juraj Slafkovsky
2nd) New Jersey Devils, Simon Nemec
3rd) Arizona Coyotes, Logan Cooley
4th) Seattle Kraken, Shane Wright
5th) Philadelphia Flyers, Cutter Gauthier
6th) Columbus Blue Jackets (from Chicago Blackhawks), David Jiricek
7th) Chicago Blackhawks (from Ottawa Senators), Kevin Korchinski
8th) Detroit Red Wings, Marco Kasper
9th) Buffalo Sabres, Matthew Savoie
10th) Anaheim Ducks, Pavel Mintyukov
11th) Arizona Coyotes (from San Jose Sharks), Conor Geekie
12th) Columbus Blue Jackets, Denton Mateychuk
13th) Chicago Blackhawks (from New York Islanders), Frank Nazar
14th) Winnipeg Jets, Rutger McGroarty
15th) Vancouver Canucks, Jonathan Lekkerimaki
16th) Buffalo Sabres (Vegas Golden Knights), Noah Ostlund
17th) Nashville Predators, Joakim Kemell
18th) Dallas Stars, Lian Bichsel
19th) Minnesota Wild (from LA Kings), Liam Ohgren
20th) Washington Capitals, Ivan Miroshnichenko
21st) Pittsburgh Penguins, Owen Pickering
22nd) Anaheim Ducks (from Boston Bruins), Nathan Gaucher
23rd) St. Louis Blues, Jimmy Snuggerud
24th) Minnesota Wild, Danila Yurov
25th) Chicago Blackhawks (from Toronto Maple Leafs), Sam Rinzel
26th) Montreal Canadiens (from Calgary Flames), Filip Mesar
27th) San Jose Sharks (from Carolina Hurricanes via Arizona Coyotes and Montreal Canadiens), Filip Bystedt
28th) Buffalo Sabres (from Florida Panthers), Jiri Kulich
29th) Arizona Coyotes (from Edmonton Oilers), Maveric Lamoureux
30th) Winnipeg Jets (from New York Rangers), Brad Lambert
31st) Tampa Bay Lightning, Isaac Howard
32nd) Edmonton Oilers (from Colorado Avalanche via Arizona Coyotes), Reid Schaefer
This video is also taking place after 2022 NHL Season, and after the 2022 Stanley Cup Playoffs, where the Colorado Avalanche defeated the Tampa Bay Lightning in the Finals.
Jack Hughes was the top NHL prospect at the 2019 NHL Entry Draft.
The 2019 NHL Entry Draft saw many top NHL prospects get selected by a variety of teams. The first round of the draft went as follows:
1st – New Jersey Devils, Jack Hughes
2nd – New York Rangers, Kaapo Kakko
3rd – Chicago Blackhawks, Kirby Dach
4th – Colorado Avalanche (from Ottawa Senators), Bowen Byram
5th – Los Angeles Kings, Alex Turcotte
6th – Detroit Red Wings, Moritz Seider
7th – Buffalo Sabres, Dylan Cozens
8th – Edmonton Oilers, Philip Broberg
9th – Anaheim Ducks, Trevor Zegras
10th – Vancouver Canucks, Vasily Podkolzin
11th – Arizona Coyotes (from Philadelphia Flyers), Victor Soderstrom
12th – Minnesota Wild, Matthew Boldy
13th – Florida Panthers, Spencer Knight
14th – Philadelphia Flyers (from Arizona Coyotes), Cam York
15th – Montreal Canadiens, Cole Caufield
16th – Colorado Avalanche, Alex Newhook
17th – Vegas Golden Knights, Peyton Krebs
18th – Dallas Stars, Thomas Harley
19th – Ottawa Senators (from Columbus Blue Jackets), Lassi Thomson
20th – Winnipeg Jets (from Winnipeg via New York Rangers), Ville Heinola
21st – Pittsburgh Penguins, Samuel Poulin
22nd – Los Angeles Kings (from Toronto Maple Leafs), Tobias Bjornfot
23rd – New York Islanders, Simon Holmstrom
24th – Nashville Predators, Philip Tomasino
25th – Washington Capitals, Connor McMichael
26th – Calgary Flames, Jakob Pelletier
27th – Tampa Bay Lightning, Nolan Foote
28th – Carolina Hurricanes, Ryan Suzuki
29th – Anaheim Ducks (from San Jose Sharks via Buffalo Sabres), Brayden Tracey
30th – Boston Bruins, John Beecher
31st – Buffalo Sabres (from St. Louis Blues), Ryan Johnson
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17 Comments
obviously he is the numbers and the natural talent talk for himself
You seldom make Devil's comments. Glad you're joining us!
His skill is elite no doubt only question i have is how many 82 game seasons is he going to have
He's always had Superstar/Franchise level talent. He was just a late bloomer. Now that he has experience and has worked hard in the offseasons, it's finally paying off. He can take over a game easily and when he goes, the rest of the team follows. He should be up for the Hart this year with the damage he's done on the ice at this point
I knew Jack Hughes would be an absolute superstar. As a Devils fan, he's well on pace to score 50 goals by seasons end
I traded hughes for Erik karlsson earlier in the year and it’s been tough to say whether it was a good trade or not but I did need a defenseman so…
Not sure how people calling him late bloomer hes only 21. He hit 90 point pace in his 3rd season (last year) and on pace for 100 this year while playing next underwhelming wingers. Dude is hitting superstar level while being years out from his prime..
He's gonna be the best American player soon yes better than Matthews
Ha hard pass on Garland, damn near 0 interest. Would consider Brock for like a Casey (not a 1 for 1 but foundation pieces) but your entire franchise isn't worth Luke stop dreaming. Simon might not be in the same tier as Hughes but he's still much better than anything the Canucks could reasonably afford to offer. Yall don't have the quality of assets to be blue chip shopping, if you actually want something in your range you need to find some yard sales and bargain hunting.
Considering the trade demands of some canucks fans when JT Miller was in the table (bratt, holtz, and more) I’m taking a hard pass on doing any deals with them, karma is a ___
He scored at 8.6 seconds 😳
I always expected Hughes to be a 40+ goal scorer pass first centerman at his peak, yet he's already surpassed that by being on pace for 54 goals and 102 points at just 21 years old. He's now emerged as a future Rocket Richard candidate, and he's even good defensively too, which nobody expected him to be. Jack Hughes has been even better than advertised. Just imagine how dominant he'll be in his mid to late 20s.
He’s exactly as good right now as he was last year. You all just were just still in the hilarious mindset of calling a 20 year old a bust.
I agree, he's top 5 in the league within two years imo.
Never doubted it. Honestly been laughing at people for years knowing this would come to fruition.
He's legitimately been the 2nd best player in the league this year. 1st in GS, 2nd in GSVA, 2nd in GAR, 1st in xGAR. Only McDavid's been better. He's going to be right in the group of the "not McDavid" best players for a very very long time
Late bloomer?
Isn't he 21?