Hughes holds vastly more value than Bear, and for context:
- I have followed Bear since his first season in Seattle and am a massive fan of his game
- I am a Habs fan
- I was opposed to drafting Hughes when my team had the opportunity
Hughes is a blue-chip 20 year old who is QB'ing one of the better balanced offensive attacks in the league at every opportunity. Bear is a 22 year old upstart who very few expected to play this much this early on. Neither are at their ceilings, but Hughes' is simply much higher.
Very happy for Bear though, he is a good kid and has exceeded expectations at every level thus far.
Yeah, Hughes is better than Bear.
But holds tremendous value to Oiler fans. He’s a bona fide top 4 RHD as a rookie. He’s been a total revelation this year, I can’t wait until he starts getting legit PP time one day.
I can’t remember the last time we had a D man with his hockey IQ and passing ability. He’s amazing in transition and solid defensively.
He completely shut Hall down yesterday several times and was the main reason Hall went -5 against us yesterday.
But yes, obviously Hughes has a offensive dynamic element that Bear doesn’t have and it’s not a knock on Bear more about how dynamic Hughes is offensively.