With Jack reportedly spending his offseason getting stronger, committing himself to eating very big meals and pumping very big weights to further fill out his 168-pound frame, there’s plenty of reasons to be hopeful that 2021 could mark the second straight season where a Hughes boy makes waves in expanded action. Related Story:The New Jersey Devils have the best Twitter account in the NHL Had Jack been afforded the same courtesy of slowly working through his game, maybe even with the Binghamton Devils before being thrown onto the ice at the tender age of 18 years and 143 days old, maybe he too would have looked a bit more polished as a rookie. He’s also two years older with far more experience playing against professional hockey players. Yes, Quinn is certainly better than Jack right now. To make matters worse, the oldest Hughes boy was named a finalist for the Calder Memorial Trophy, a finalist for the James Norris Memorial Trophy, finished 10th in All-Star voting, and set a rookie playoff record recording 13 assists in 15 games.īoy, sum it all up, and I bet Devils fans the world over wish they could swap out one left-handed Hughes brother for another, right? Who knows, if the 2020-21 season takes another bad turn, maybe he’ll be in play for the Devils’ first-round pick next year? As things presently stand, Luke is already committed to the University of Michigan, but he’s widely considered one of the top available players in the 2021 NHL Entry Draft.

Though he was given a bit more time to develop his game without being thrust into action as a rookie, appearing in only five games in 2018-19 for the Cannucks, Hughes played about as well as any 21-year-old defenseman could be expected in 2019-20 – recording 53 points in 68 games along with 46 blocks and 35 takeaways.įun fact: There is actually a third Hughes brother, Luke, who is a 17-year-old defenseman currently playing for the U.S. That’s right, for those somehow living under a rock, Jack’s older brother Quinn was drafted by the Vancouver Canucks seventh overall in the 2018 NHL Draft. Huh, another former first-round pick out of Orlando with the last name Hughes? What are the chances of… oh. 5 Players the Flames Could Call-Up When They Return to Play.Should the NHL Consider An 84 Game Regular Season?.NHL: 25 worst award snubs in the history of hockey.Which team is the biggest threat in the Atlantic Division?.The Chicago Blackhawks’ First-Round Picks: Where Are They Now?.

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