Player Discussion Quinn Hughes, Pt. VII

[vadim sharifijanov]

Everyone makes mistakes though, and Hughes doesn't make a lot of them.

He is by far one of the best Canuck I've seen play and has the ability to carry a game like many superstar forwards. We are incredibly lucky to have him on the team

when he coughed up the puck coming out the corner, that never ever happens. a guy who you can give the puck to under pressure, or count on to get it, and 99 times out of 100 he will skate the puck safely out of the zone or successfully outlet pass it, that’s an advantage we have never even remotely come close to having before.

but what i love about him is after that, the camera went back to him on the bench during two subsequent stoppages in play and he was still on the iPad studying what happened. like, he knows he was out for too long and was tired, and i’m sure he learned a lesson there, but he also wanted to dissect the play to figure out what he could have done in the same situation so if he’s gassed but absolutely has to be on the ice he can still find a way to move the puck effectively to safety. in his mind, getting stripped like that will never ever happen again.

 

[VanJack]

Does this kid ever get tired? One of Hughes' third period shifts was close to three minutes in length. And even at the end it, he wasn't showing much sign of fatigue.

I think it's a product of the way he skates.......it's basically effortless, and he generates so much top-end speed just off his skate edges. Sometimes it looks like he could play 30-35 minutes a game. But that's what all the great ones can do, I guess.

 

[Nucker101]

Does this kid ever get tired? One of Hughes' third period shifts was close to three minutes in length. And even at the end it, he wasn't showing much sign of fatigue.

I think it's a product of the way he skates.......it's basically effortless, and he generates so much top-end speed just off his skate edges. Sometimes it looks like he could play 30-35 minutes a game. But that's what all the great ones can do, I guess.

It's probably an extremely rare combination of elite skating, excellent fitness level and a high vo2 max

 

[ghostingtaro]

lets goooooo bring the norris home

 

[AlainVigneaultsGum]

Will be forever grateful that we didn't win the lottery that year.

Best dman in Canucks history and his best years are still ahead of him.

 

[potatowejj]

Quinn Hughes is f***ing ridiculous. His straight-ahead speed is decent, but it's his ability to move laterally, pivot, curl, twist and turn that is absolutely insane. I think the season he is having is one of the best any Canuck has had in franchise history.

Still thankful Arizona reached on Hayton and Detroit took Zadina.

Like Brian Leetch in his prime.

 

[Breakers]

Hughes isn’t even in the top 3o in zone starts

 

[Flik]

Hughes isn’t even in the top 3o in zone starts

He is unreal, we're so lucky to have this guy on our team.

 

[Petey O]

Hughes isn’t even in the top 3o in zone starts

That is freaking insane. And there are people still taking Makar over him?

 

[AlainVigneaultsGum]

Hughes isn’t even in the top 3o in zone starts

Holy f*** lmao

 

[Ace of Hades]

Hughes isn’t even in the top 3o in zone starts

If he doesn't win the norris trophy this year, they might as well remove the award itself.

 

[Petey O]

If he doesn't win the norris trophy this year, they might as well remove the award itself.

That stat alone should win it for him. Adding on the fact that he has a *lower* O zone start % than Makar (61.62% vs Makar's 69.56%) and doesn't have Nathan MacKinnon to play with, it should be unanimous. Unfortunately there are still idiots with voting privileges and he probably won't sweep the Norris because of that.

 

[strattonius]

It's Hughes against the reputation of Makar. No one could objectively argue that Makar has had a better season but based on reputation some of these voters will convince themselves Makar should win the Norris- 1st example is the guy voting for Makar because of goals.

 

[logan5]

Holy f*** lmao

That stat is incredible. Hughes’ skating doesn’t get noted as being better than Makar’s, but Hughes can evade defenders in the o zone with his skating like no other player in the league, except for McDavid.

 

[geebster]

Hughes isn’t even in the top 3o in zone starts

Yeah but Makar and Bouchard are doing that on their own. They don't get to play with elite guys like Pettersson or Lafferty.

 

[rypper]

 

[Janvonpobben]

Thanks to 0p last game he wont catch Karlssons 101p last season.

 

[Rowlet]

 

[Grip it N RYP it]

 

[Rick Rocket]

Who's getting the Norris?

 

[AlainVigneaultsGum]

Who's getting the Norris?

Guddy

 

[tantalum]

Mentioned in the game thread that he moved into tie for 14th most assists in a season by a D-man tonight.

What I didn’t mention is that he is the 8th different d-man to EVER have 75 assists in a season.p (Orr and Coffey did it a few times each). Which sort of annoys me…McDavid and Kucherov had impressive 100 assist seasons and as 4th and 5th different players to do it. It deserves accolades. But holy hell Hughes does as well yet hardly a peep about it.

 

[BenningHurtsMySoul]

92 points and a +38. Nearly 100 minutes of offensive zone time possession. He just had the most dominant season for a defenceman in a long time.

 

[YeahHeDid]

Anyone catch Dom Luszczyszyn on Drances radio show yesterday? Jamie Dodd brought up Hughes and the Norris, which is a touchy subject with Dom because he's the guy who graded Quinn as a 3B defensemen at the start of the season.
He was such a smug jerk and acted so superior to anyone that pushed back on that, and now that the season is over, on the radio he essentially said "Sometimes I dig my heals in on something I really believe even if it goes against popular opinion but in the case of Hughes there were a lot of people I trust who was saying he was not as great as MY data showed and I was swayed by them"

A total cop out. That excuse is a crock of sh*t and self serving. I don't believe him for a second and even if what he's saying is true then his posts should be ignored because who knows if he actually believes what he's writing or not.

 

[AlainVigneaultsGum]

Ref politely tells Quinn Hughes to go the penalty box 😂🔊 #Canucks | Gino Hard | Gino Hard · Original-Audio

Ref politely tells Quinn Hughes to go the penalty box 😂🔊 #Canucks. Gino Hard · Original-Audio

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