USA vs CAN vs SWE (Hughes/Miller/Dobson/Bouchard/Brannstrom/Boqvist)

[Ainec]

which duo do you take

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[LuckyBoeser]

I think Hughes is the best in the group. I guess it depends how you think Miller stacks against the rest.

 

[Just Linda]

Hughes is the best there imo.

The gap between Miller and Boqvist though is larger than the Hughes Branstrom gap.

I have both Canadians between Hughes/Branstrom and Miller/Boqvist (I'm being generous to Dobson for arguments sake).

Sweden USA Canada is my answer.

 

[koyvoo]

Hurts to say. The Swedes, then the Americans, then the Canadians.

Although I’m not sure Bouchard and Dobson would be the two Canadians I’d choose to represent Canada in this poll.

 

[Morgs]

Smith is better than both Dobson and Bouchard, but keeping the poll I'd go:

Sweden
USA
Canada

Change Smith and Bouchard I put Canada 2nd.

 

[Panthaz89]

Safe to say Canada is last...

 

[A4T1L6]

USA
Sweden

Canada

 

[koyvoo]

I agree that replacing Bouchard with Smith would give Canada a boost, but I still like the two other pairs better.

 

[HanSolo]

USA
Sweden

Canada

My thoughts as well.

 

[cowgirlcath]

USA > Sweden > Canada

 

[Sergei Shirokov]

I'd rank them:

Hughes
Brannstrom
Dobson
Bouchard/Boqvist
Miller

So:

USA/Sweden
Canada


I agree with LB, it depends how you think of Miller & Boqvist.

 

[Pavel Buchnevich]

Sweden very easily.

USA vs. Canada is close, but Canada has the best player of the four with Dobson.

 

[WetcoastOrca]

Hughes is the best so I’d go US.
Hughes
Bannstrom
Dobson
Would be my top three in order.

 

[nowhereman]

Sweden very easily.

USA vs. Canada is close, but Canada has the best player of the four with Dobson.

Since when is Dobson better than Hughes?

 

[Pavel Buchnevich]

Since when is Dobson better than Hughes?

I think I've had Dobson ranked higher for nearly a year.

 

[nowhereman]

I think I've had Dobson ranked higher for nearly a year.

Well, obviously we can't know who the better player will be until they both make the NHL but Hughes has been far more impressive this year. Granted, Dobson has played on a tire fire of a team and, hopefully, his trade will help his numbers. But Hughes has looked absolutely dominant in college.

 

[Pavel Buchnevich]

Well, obviously we can't know who the better player will be until they both make the NHL but Hughes has been far more impressive this year. Granted, Dobson has played on a tire fire of a team and, hopefully, his trade will help his numbers. But Hughes has looked absolutely dominant in college.

Dobson had the better World Juniors.

It's hard to judge their club play this season because Dobson has played for such a bad team.

I had Dobson ranked higher prior to the draft, and still do. I am not against the idea that he might've dropped a couple of spots since the draft, but I think Hughes has dropped, as well, and I had him ranked low to begin with.

 

[nowhereman]

Dobson had the better World Juniors.

It's hard to judge their club play this season because Dobson has played for such a bad team.

I had Dobson ranked higher prior to the draft, and still do. I am not against the idea that he might've dropped a couple of spots since the draft, but I think Hughes has dropped, as well, and I had him ranked low to begin with.

From all that I’ve read, Hughes has climbed the rankings. Button had him in his top 10 on his top 50 prospects list and Pronman ranked him as the best prospect outside the NHL. I’ve seen no indication that Hughes' stock has dropped in the least.

 

[Icebreakers]

Dobson wasnt better at the WJC. Hughes didnt produce and had a bad semi final game but he was solid. People just think he went too fancy at the WJC, which is true but he wasnt bad at all.

Dobson didnt do anything at the WJC, didnt do bad things, didnt do great things. He was okay, but he was outplayed by Brooks and Smith.

Hughes is dominating vs college players.

Dobson was playing on a terrible team but he just got traded to one of the best teams. Its easy to look good on a really good team. Hughes has who on his team, Josh Norris? Who is out for the rest of the season, and wasnt even close to a ppg last year.

Hughes vs Dobson is close, but no one can say that Dobson has been more impressive since the draft.

 

[SotasicA]

USA probably first, Sweden probably last. But I haven't seen much outside of the WJC and reports.

Who has the time to watch all of these junior leagues? That's why we have Pierre!

 

[Pavel Buchnevich]

Hughes vs Dobson is close, but no one can say that Dobson has been more impressive since the draft.

I can, and I explained why. You don't agree.

 

[Bertuzzzi44]

Dobson was underwhelming at the WJC and Bouchard looked bad. Not sure what you were watching but Hughes looked great, he had the puck on a string, the only negative was he tried to do too much at times based on his talent being superior to his teammates. Smith & Brooks looked good on D for Team Canada and Quinn looked better than Jack IMO for the US; very small sample size though.

 

[BigTruzz]

I can, and I explained why. You don't agree.

What did you exactly explain? That Dobson was better over 6 games in the World Juniors?

 

[Pavel Buchnevich]

What did you exactly explain? That Dobson was better over 6 games in the World Juniors?

Dobson is not having a bad season. He's played for a bad team, and thats made his counting stats appear worse than they are. He does his job well. He doesn't need to be responsible for the job of five other players on the ice.

 

[Llamamoto]

From all that I’ve read, Hughes has climbed the rankings. Button had him in his top 10 on his top 50 prospects list and Pronman ranked him as the best prospect outside the NHL. I’ve seen no indication that Hughes' stock has dropped in the least.

Button's rankings were one of the dumbest I have seen in a long time.