Jack Hughes is now one of the best players in the world, but it hasn't always been that way. After his rookie season, Hughes was called a bust. Now look at him.
Im a rangers fan & can confidently say nobody thought this kid was a bust. The only people that think that dont understand the sport. It takes years to find your game at the NHL level
Despite injuries, he is becoming an effective player. I recall since 2019 where Ranger fans were calling Jack a "bust" compared to Kaapo Kakko, and those two went opposite directions towards the end of the 22-23 season. The man is no longer Jack, he is Chad Hughes.
Hughes Sr. even mentioned in hindsight Jack should have went the college route even if just one year. He said it was Jack choice. Did anyone expect a boy at 17, with tons of confidence he would not want to want to play in NHL. Even though greatly undersized it has not hurt his development. He just missed out playing playing at Michigan, missed out playing worlds with his NDTP buddies and maybe a gold. If he can stay healthy he can be a top 5 points guy in his prime
I don’t think the guys body is going to hold up with how he plays. Once a week he does some weird self inflicted fall idk his game just isn’t going to hold up unfortunately
I don't get to see him play all that much but I did notice he does do weird things. I get to watch Quinn play every game and he doesn't do anything like that.
Not a knock on Jack, but you can see he didnt even finish going through puberty when he entered the league, of course hes gonna get much better as he becomes a man playing against men. Dude is crushing it this year
You can't use point totals when guys have missed time, you gotta use per game where he's 10th in points and 7th in assists. And that's with him slowing down from said injuries, he started the season averaging almost 3ppg so "dominating" is definitely a fair description of his play.
Dude was never a Bust! Simply should've played in the AHL first...even for 10-15 Games... before playing in the Show! The expectation of a 1st Pick having to play right away is what's wrong here! Only the Crosby, McDavid & Ovi's should have the expectation of playing right away!