Consider me, I regarded for any and all causes to ship Vancouver lovers into but some other tizzy, which is the very definition of capturing fish in a barrel and but, oh, so amusing (a hobby of mine for happening 16 years now). But it surely’s in point of fact arduous to get previous Hughes. No longer handiest does he lead all d-men in scoring, however he’s additionally change into one thing of a shutdown nook at the different finish of the ice as groups aren’t even bothering to check out to go into the Canucks zone on his aspect.
If there’s a knock on Hughes it’s that his ownership metrics aren’t that glittering. However with a push he would possibly get greater than 100 issues from the blue line. It’s a cast case.
Different finalists: Cale Makar, Aaron Ekblad
Makar will likely be in this listing till he makes a decision to retire they usually rename the award after him. Ekblad is the outside-the-box-to-prove-how-clever-I-am selection, although he ignored the beginning of the season. Whilst his level general isn’t close to sufficient to get him any attention, he pushes the play for the most efficient workforce within the league at the moment whilst beginning a majority of his shifts outdoors the offensive zone. There is not any extra treasured talent in hockey than a d-man who can turn the play in desire of his workforce, and Ekblad does it higher than any individual.
