Hank Balling: 2021 NHL Draft Class – Luke Hughes (+ Longest Search Ever?)

Nice read again Hank

Nice read again Hank
- Buff36

Thanks.

I really like Hughes. I didn't want to like him this much.

Next up is your boy Eklund i think

Hughes would have taken over the the number 1 spot if he was fully healthy style he plays like is thomas chabot

Hughes would have taken over the the number 1 spot if he was fully healthy style he plays like is thomas chabot
- gerbe75pts

After reviewing Hughes, Beniers and Power, I gotta say I think I have hughes at #1

He's the most dynamic of the three players imo.

And he's so young

After reviewing Hughes, Beniers and Power, I gotta say I think I have hughes at #1

He's the most dynamic of the three players imo.
- Hank Balling

2014 draft all over again Dejavu

Many had been saying that anywhere in the top four or five this year will yield an impact player with all of those prospects grading out very close to each other

2014 draft all over again Dejavu
- gerbe75pts

Hughes, if true.

Hughes, if true.
- LandlordTom

Nice

Many had been saying that anywhere in the top four or five this year will yield an impact player with all of those prospects grading out very close to each other
- Michael Pachla

eichel to the ducks for pick 3 and zegrass

reinhart and olofsson to the blue jackets for pick 5



pick 1 draft beniers
pick 3 draft quinn
pick 5 draft eklund


turn the f@cking page

Admittedly I haven't put nearly enough time into Hughes like I have for some of the other guys.

I feel like he's more of a Karlsson from his draft year than Chabot. The tools are stronger with Hughes than they were with Chabot, where as the tools are very similar to 2008 Karlsson. The skating, stride, edgework, agility, puck skills, offensive upside..

Hopefully he can significantly improve his defensive game.

After reviewing Hughes, Beniers and Power, I gotta say I think I have hughes at #1

He's the most dynamic of the three players imo.

And he's so young
- Hank Balling

Hughes is dynamic, but I am still on the Eklund train

eichel to the ducks for pick 3 and zegrass

reinhart and olofsson to the blue jackets for pick 5



pick 1 draft beniers
pick 3 draft quinn
pick 5 draft eklund


turn the f@cking page
- homiedclown

We did this at #8 last year, come up with something original.

Not sure I want that action for 5OA, but it would be interesting to see 3 young guns like that get drafted simultaneously by the worst team in the league. Could be a lot of fun or an absolute nightmare.

Hughes, if true.
- LandlordTom

eichel to the ducks for pick 3 and zegrass

reinhart and olofsson to the blue jackets for pick 5



pick 1 draft beniers
pick 3 draft quinn
pick 5 draft eklund


turn the f@cking page
- homiedclown

Very well done. I think I would prefer Zegras and 3 over the Byfield package.

Hughes is dynamic, but I am still on the Eklund train
- Buff36

Eklund at 1?

We did this at #8 last year, come up with something original.

Not sure I want that action for 5OA, but it would be interesting to see 3 young guns like that get drafted simultaneously by the worst team in the league. Could be a lot of fun or an absolute nightmare.
- RhinoFan

meant hughes


I am sober

meant hughes


I am sober


- homiedclown

Yet probably hung over from Kimmie's b-day party

I'm all for us choosing bpa, whomever that may be, but if we're gonna take a dman I'd be happier with a solid, sturdy one whose best attribute is defending. We are full of mobile, "puck-movers" but as a team are not that great at actual defense.

I have super-high hopes for Borgen but aside from him, who else can we remotely refer to as a shutdown blueliner?

meant hughes


I am sober


- homiedclown

There's too damn many Hugheses

meant hughes


I am sober


- homiedclown

Get that coffee in ya.

I'm all for us choosing bpa, whomever that may be, but if we're gonna take a dman I'd be happier with a solid, sturdy one whose best attribute is defending. We are full of mobile, "puck-movers" but as a team are not that great at actual defense.

I have super-high hopes for Borgen but aside from him, who else can we remotely refer to as a shutdown blueliner?
- LandlordTom

edit: ok, Samuelsson projects as that role, too, but both he and Borgen are still unproven.

I'm all for us choosing bpa, whomever that may be, but if we're gonna take a dman I'd be happier with a solid, sturdy one whose best attribute is defending. We are full of mobile, "puck-movers" but as a team are not that great at actual defense.

I have super-high hopes for Borgen but aside from him, who else can we remotely refer to as a shutdown blueliner?
- LandlordTom

I think there's plenty of room for Hughes to improve on his d game when he fills out his frame. He's not a little guy at 6'2"

There's too damn many Hugheses
- Hank Balling

We need Myles Jack to have a son named Hughes and we're in (frank)ing business here.

Good job Hank