Why is Jack Hughes on the third line?

[Riddum]

Hopefully he gets sent down

 

[FanCos]

He'll be fine. Not every top prospect can come into the league and do what McDavid, Pettersson, or Matthews did.

Think he'll still get around 45 points this season.

Well Petterson didn't come in immediately in his draft year, but a year later.
I guess that's the whole point here, is it better for an extremely skilled but still physically very raw player to wait? In Petterson's case the answer seems to be yes. He turns 21 next month, in the beginning of his second season.

I would expect Hughest to be quite a player when he's 21. That's almost 3 years away.

 

[CupInSIX]

Well Petterson didn't come in immediately in his draft year, but a year later.
I guess that's the whole point here, is it better for an extremely skilled but still physically very raw player to wait? In Petterson's case the answer seems to be yes. He turns 21 next month, in the beginning of his second season.

I would expect Hughest to be quite a player when he's 21. That's almost 3 years away.

Why 21? That seems like a weird, arbitrary number. Patrick Kane looked like someone's kid brother when he broke into the league.

 

[FanCos]

Why 21? That seems like a weird, arbitrary number. Patrick Kane looked like someone's kid brother when he broke into the league.

Because the poster I quoted referred to Petterson, who was almost 2 years older than Hughes when he came to league. And is 21 about now.

 

[Yasuo]

1+1 tonight already

 

[Devils090]

Yeah he’s gonna be juuuuust fine, haters

 

[Trocity]

LOL these threads got in your head.

 

[Puckluck13]

Good thing coach smartened up and finally put him with Hall and on first pp. Idiotic decision to start the season.

 

[Mick Riddleton]

He is small and the AHL does have more idiots looking to make a name for themselves running players. May be best for him to stay were he is.