“Their coachability, what their tangible attributes are. As they’ve done in the past, the Canucks released a video of their pre-draft scouting meetings, giving fans a little glimpse behind the scenes. Very little else can be gleaned from this video. Then, when he got to the NHL, he stepped directly into a first-line role, led the Canucks in scoring, broke franchise records, and will likely bring home the Calder as rookie of the year. That means the Canucks’ draft list in 2018 was likely Rasmus Dahlin, Andrei Svechnikov, then Quinn Hughes. They had Hughes ranked above the four players picked from 3rd to 6th: Jesperi Kotkaniemi, Brady Tkachuk, Barett Hayton, and Filip Zadina. Quintin Hughes taken by Vancouver Canucks with the 7th overall draft pick. AHL. Jack is full of confidence. "Maybe down the road. But he channels that confidence and he’s very humble about it. Jim and Ellen followed their soon-to-be-famous sons up the Grouse Grind this week. Quinn Hughes is a defenseman who said he models his game after Duncan Keith of the Chicago Blackhawks and Kris Letang of the Pittsburgh Penguins. That means more than just figuring out which player they’ll pick 10th overall in the first round, but nitpicking the finer details of players available in the fifth, sixth, and seventh rounds. After a tantalizing five-game cameo last spring straight out of the University of Michigan, Quinn Hughes is expected to be a rookie focal point for the Canucks next season when they play the Devils. They even reveal that there was a two-way centre that was outside their list, but jumped up to near the top of their list of centres, which might have been Tyler Madden, who they picked in the third round in 2018. Asked about the oddest moment he has endured amid the intense year-long scrutiny leading to Friday night, Jack said there really hasn’t been a lot of "weird stuff.". The official Canucks blog of the Vancouver Courier, Pass it to Bulis has a new home at Vancouver is Awesome, Glacier Community Media © Copyright ® 2013 -, Have the Vancouver Courier delivered to your inbox twice a week! You can change your selections at any time. His role is meant to be ferrying prospects from the junior ranks to professional hockey, but here he sounds more like a scout. The 2019 NHL Entry Draft is less than a month away and the Canucks have some crucial decisions to make. "You don’t really get that as a kid. Draft scouting meeting video reveals Canucks had Quinn Hughes ranked third overall in 2018 Canucks repeatedly emphasize picking best player available leading up to 2019 Draft. There isn’t enough recent news in your lineup. “I think once you get into drafting for need, when you look at the odds of how many players are actually going to play and be good players, I think that gets a little dangerous.”. What can the Canucks do with Loui Eriksson? Jack’s journey has been different than Quinn’s journey.". There’s a stronger argument for Pettersson, who is arguably the best player, period, from his draft. Vancouver Canucks is a trademark of Vancouver Canucks Limited Partnership. Game 7' Justin Williams announces retirement from hockey, Blue Jackets acquire forward Pu from Panthers for defenceman Nutivaara, Red Wings sign forward Taro Hirose to one-year contract extension, Flames' Brad Treliving looking to take patient approach to free agency, Why Oilers should be all-in on Jacob Markstrom in free agency, {* backButton *} Hughes: "Man, we’re a long way away from that. And when you’re on the top of the mountain, people always try to knock you off. That’s where we get a little insight into last year’s draft, when Weisbrod reveals that they had Quinn Hughes a lot higher than 7th overall, when they picked him. Hughes, 19, completed his second collegiate season with the University of Michigan Wolverines of the NCAA Big Ten Conference. (approx 1 - 2 per week). All rights reserved. Want to discuss? Please read our Commenting Policy first. Select additional sports and leagues you’re interested in from the list below. “Not play games in the league, but if you do the analysis over any 10-year period and said, in this entire draft, how many guys end up playing 300 or more NHL games, which would be sort of the way you defined a significant career, you’d have 28 to 31 total players out of any one draft. Or is he not referring to someone that small, but closer to 5’11”, who might still have some size concerns? Keep in mind that some of the later draft years in this list still have some active players under 300 games that will likely reach that threshold and also that the 300-game barrier keeps out quite a few goaltenders with significant careers — Jacob Markstrom is still sitting at just 229 career games, for example. 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They put three or four players up on the whiteboard at a time and rank them using a series of attributes: “Player type, future potential, hockey sense, character/compete, skating, skill.” Perhaps other attributes were included and edited out of the video, but even that list is intriguing. "He’s a fantastic player. I think he’s used to it. The Hughes family is based in Michigan, but the boys spent nearly a decade of their childhood in Toronto, where Jim was a minor-league assistant and player-development coach for the Maple Leafs. “It wasn’t just playing up in age his whole youth hockey career, but any of the summer or spring stuff we did, when we put small groups together, Jack was always included. “When you look at the big picture, there’s so few guys in any draft that are actually going to play,” says Weisbrod. {* traditionalSignIn_signInButton *}, Comment and participate in our online community. "Luke kicked both their assess," Jim Hughes said of his youngest son. He didn’t know any better. "There’s no doubt, because of Quinn, Jack definitely benefitted from being around older kids all the time. Clearly, Walker was going beyond just developing Canucks’ prospects and keeping an eye on other players and talking to teams to provide some additional insight for these scouting meetings. Quinn Hughes poses after being selected seventh overall by the Vancouver Canucks during the first round of the 2018 NHL Draft at American Airlines Center on June 22, 2018 in Dallas, Texas. It’s possible that fans and media extracted too much information from their 2018 video and they want to avoid that this year. "Quinn is an exceptional skater, strong on the puck and plays with creativity and vision," said Benning. All the latest stats, news, highlights and more about Quinn Hughes on TSN Quinn Hughes Stats, News, Video, Bio, Highlights on TSN FRENCH OPEN: EARLY ROUND COVERAGE. He … By checking this box, I agree to the terms of service and privacy policy of Rogers Media. All NHL logos and marks and NHL team logos and marks as well as all other proprietary materials depicted herein are the property of the NHL and the respective NHL teams and may not be reproduced without the prior written consent of NHL Enterprises, L.P. "He’s been on that mountain top for a long time. The Official Site of the Vancouver Canucks, by "I’ve got to admit, it was hard. Canucks trade for J.T. Pettersson probably could have jumped straight to the NHL, but the path he took obviously worked out very well for him. It’s going to be higher stakes, going to be the National League. Jack certainly looked comfortable on Thursday, smoothly handling a massive media scrum while wearing sunglasses and cap on the deck of a boat hired by the NHL to show off its top prospects. Hughes, the No. Ad Choices ", "Ever since he started playing, when Jack was at the rink, everyone knew that Jack was at the rink," Jim Hughes said. Odds. Even the lowest draft year in 2010, was 35, above Weisbrod’s “28 to 31” suggestion, and that doesn’t include a few good goaltenders, like Petr Mrazek and Philipp Grubauer, as well as several other players likely to reach 300 career games. Quintin Hughes talks to the media in Dallas, Thursday, June 21, 2018. Weisbrod echoes this emphasis on “best available” with a particular reasoning: given how few players from each draft class make the NHL, focusing on need gives you a lower chance of finding those few players. His younger brother Jack is currently part of the USNTDP and is expected to go high in the 2019 NHL draft. At the end of the video, both Brackett and Weisbrod make the point that they’re not necessarily looking for a player at tenth overall that can make the jump directly into the NHL. Naturally, we figured we should help him out. Or is he referring to someone available a little later, like the 5’9” Nils Höglander or Nicholas Robertson, or much later like the 5’6” Xavier Simoneau? They reveal that they come out of these meetings with a list of 45 players, then supplement that with positional lists for later rounds if their “45” has been depleted. I think right now he’s significantly better than others and is comfortable going in and really hasn’t maybe paid that price yet, but I do think it’s something he’s going to have to adapt to.”. “The fastest guys to the league are not always the best,” says Weisbrod.
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