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Wheeler: Final ranking for the 2019 NHL Draft’s top 100 prospects:
"1. Jack Hughes — C, USDP, 5-foot-10
If Hughes hadn’t solidified his spot as the top prospect in the NHL draft before the under-18 world championships (hint: he had), then his 20 points in seven games, which made him the tournament’s all-time leading scorer with 32 and nearly tied Nikita Kucherov’s single-tournament record of 21, definitely helped. I was actually disappointed with how Hughes began his draft season. He was dominant but he wasn’t unstoppable. By year’s end, that had changed and he was the national development program’s all-time leading scorer (by 39 points!). Hughes is a brilliant skater who uses sharp edge work and a light stride to pull away from opposing players off the rush or break them down laterally with a quick cut. He can take over a shift with his ability to hang onto the puck and break teams down as a puck handler, or he can break open an otherwise unspectacular shift with a pass that nobody on the ice sees coming. Because of his ability to evade contact and win races, he also doesn’t get pushed around, which gives me full confidence that he’ll be an All-Star calibre centre at the next level despite lacking strength."
Wheeler: Final ranking for the 2019 NHL Draft's top 100... (paywall)
"1. Jack Hughes — C, USDP, 5-foot-10
If Hughes hadn’t solidified his spot as the top prospect in the NHL draft before the under-18 world championships (hint: he had), then his 20 points in seven games, which made him the tournament’s all-time leading scorer with 32 and nearly tied Nikita Kucherov’s single-tournament record of 21, definitely helped. I was actually disappointed with how Hughes began his draft season. He was dominant but he wasn’t unstoppable. By year’s end, that had changed and he was the national development program’s all-time leading scorer (by 39 points!). Hughes is a brilliant skater who uses sharp edge work and a light stride to pull away from opposing players off the rush or break them down laterally with a quick cut. He can take over a shift with his ability to hang onto the puck and break teams down as a puck handler, or he can break open an otherwise unspectacular shift with a pass that nobody on the ice sees coming. Because of his ability to evade contact and win races, he also doesn’t get pushed around, which gives me full confidence that he’ll be an All-Star calibre centre at the next level despite lacking strength."
Wheeler: Final ranking for the 2019 NHL Draft's top 100... (paywall)