The Complete Quinn Hughes | 2021-22 Highlights
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Complete, indexed highlights of Quinn Hughes’ 2021-2022 season, where he set a new Canucks record for scoring by a defenseman.
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There have been a great deal of questions about Hughes’ play of late. Some see him as belonging in the echelon of fellow young stars Adam Fox and Cale Makar, while others are not as certain, pointing to defensive liabilities—liabilities which have been greatly exaggerated. Fox and Makar can rush up the ice with peace of mind knowing that their forwards recognize this and cover for them. Hughes cannot. Whether it was a structural problem, a coaching problem, or a player problem is impossible to say, but more often than not, he was hung out to dry in the offensive zone by teammates. How could that not create a complex in a young defenseman?
Is he a defensive stalwart? No, not quite yet. But then, neither was Cale Makar earlier in his career. Quinn’s improvements in positioning and stickwork were self-evident as the season went on. He eliminated some bad habits on his way to becoming a more proficient defender. With his immense skill-set, it would be surprising if he didn’t turn his former weaknesses into strengths.
Speaking of strengths, there are things Hughes does better than even his Norris winning peers. He skates out of trouble as well as or better than Makar. His stretch pass is a thing of beauty; unparalleled. He recovers from mistakes—or the mistakes of his teammates—and gets back into position as well as any defender in the game.
But perhaps his strongest skill is his passing. Elias Pettersson, the Canucks’ star center, has an incredible shot—no doubt—but he isn’t scoring nearly as many goals if Hughes’ passing were off by just a few inches either way. Rarely is that the case. His precision is uncanny, absurd even.
In an unprecedently crowded field full of talented young defensemen, Quinn Hughes, at only 22 years of age, is cementing himself at the forefront of the offensive defenseman revolution. Will he win a Norris trophy as the league’s best defenseman? That remains to be seen, but if you believe it’s outside the realm of possibilities, may I suggest thorough, repeated viewings of ‘The Complete Quinn Hughes.’
00:00 Le Beau patinage
04:05 Stretch Passes
07:09 Precision Setups
09:46 Hughes vs Hughes
11:20 Walking the Line
13:51 Defending
16:55 Going for Goal
20:39 The Patented Hughesian Snooker Pass
21:09 Keep-ins
23:00 Channelling Adam Fox
24:13 The Little Things
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There have been a great deal of questions about Hughes’ play of late. Some see him as belonging in the echelon of fellow young stars Adam Fox and Cale Makar, while others are not as certain, pointing to defensive liabilities—liabilities which have been greatly exaggerated. Fox and Makar can rush up the ice with peace of mind knowing that their forwards recognize this and cover for them. Hughes cannot. Whether it was a structural problem, a coaching problem, or a player problem is impossible to say, but more often than not, he was hung out to dry in the offensive zone by teammates. How could that not create a complex in a young defenseman?
Is he a defensive stalwart? No, not quite yet. But then, neither was Cale Makar earlier in his career. Quinn’s improvements in positioning and stickwork were self-evident as the season went on. He eliminated some bad habits on his way to becoming a more proficient defender. With his immense skill-set, it would be surprising if he didn’t turn his former weaknesses into strengths.
Speaking of strengths, there are things Hughes does better than even his Norris winning peers. He skates out of trouble as well as or better than Makar. His stretch pass is a thing of beauty; unparalleled. He recovers from mistakes—or the mistakes of his teammates—and gets back into position as well as any defender in the game.
But perhaps his strongest skill is his passing. Elias Pettersson, the Canucks’ star center, has an incredible shot—no doubt—but he isn’t scoring nearly as many goals if Hughes’ passing were off by just a few inches either way. Rarely is that the case. His precision is uncanny, absurd even.
In an unprecedently crowded field full of talented young defensemen, Quinn Hughes, at only 22 years of age, is cementing himself at the forefront of the offensive defenseman revolution. Will he win a Norris trophy as the league’s best defenseman? That remains to be seen, but if you believe it’s outside the realm of possibilities, may I suggest thorough, repeated viewings of ‘The Complete Quinn Hughes.’
00:00 Le Beau patinage
04:05 Stretch Passes
07:09 Precision Setups
09:46 Hughes vs Hughes
11:20 Walking the Line
13:51 Defending
16:55 Going for Goal
20:39 The Patented Hughesian Snooker Pass
21:09 Keep-ins
23:00 Channelling Adam Fox
24:13 The Little Things
