It’s 16 points and Dallas has played two fewer games. Still impressive so I’m not sure why you felt you had to lie about the numbers. Stars power play definitely needs to get going for miro’s points to start ratcheting back up to the top ten area he will likely end up in.
No lie, just miscounted numbers. Either way, Heiskanen is still one of the top young defensemen, just seems a bit silly to say that Hughes "has been better, but not enough to surpass" Heiskanen when Hughes has 16 more points in 2 more games and is leading the NHL in points.
Heiskanen is on pace for about 60 points, 13 less from last year, and I do expect that to increase, but Hughes is on pace for 130 points, which would be more than any NHL player the last 40 years outside of McDavid's 150+ point campaign. Of course it's not just about points, but Hughes' all around game is among the best in the league at this point. On November 9th there was a stat where Hughes had puck on stick posession for over 40.5 minutes with 286 minutes of ice time, the seccond highest was Theodore with 330 minutes played and 31.5 minutes with the puck. That's 9 more minutes with the puck on his stick in 45 less minutes on the ice.
Even though I don't see Hughes reaching 130, even 100 would be very tough, it's just outright wrong to say that Hughes isn't at Heiskanen's level despite being "better this season" when "better this season" is Hughes is playing like the best defenseman in the NHL right now, and an argument could be made for the best player in the world. Saying he's closer to Dahlin than Heiskanen is ignorant at best.
edit: also the 17 games I was referring to was Hughes' total games, not Heiskanen's.
