Quoting: Skyraider112
Ah yes, you mean Quinn Hughes, who's career high is 53 points (25 of which were not at even strength) during his rookie campaign as a 20 year old. Quinn Hughes, who has 29 hits in his illustrious career. Quinn Hughes, who this year has a 1.82 points per 60. Against one Rasmus Dahlin, who's career high of 44 points (20 on the PP) was achieved as an 18 year old. Rasmus Dahlin, who doesn't shy away from the physical aspect of the game has 276 hits in his career. Rasmus Dahlin, who this year has a 1.6 points per 60. The difference in offense is not big, especially when you factor in the game style of the two players, obviously Hughes is more offensive and thus gets more points, but only 0.22 points per 60 more this season. Defensively there is not much difference either. If you can point to some stats that show Hughes is better defensively then more power to you. A defenseman who never plays physical; that's not a positive thing. And the real reminder needed here is that Dahlin is younger and was raved about by literally every scout imaginable saying he was the next Lidstrom, Karlsson, Hedman etc. You wanna tell me they are all going to end up being dead wrong? Cause if Quinn Hughes is miles better than Dahlin like you suggest, then you also indirectly state that these scouts are out to lunch
This is going to be a fun one. Let look into this
Career:
PPG Hughes .75 Dahlin .55
+/- Hughes -32 Dahlin -57
Ice time Hughes 22:29 Dahlin 20:58
Corsi Hughes 59.3 Dahlin 56.1
Corsi rel Hughes 17 Dahlin 11.3
Dahlin is 200 days younger than Hughes and has more NHL experience yet almost every metric favours Hughes. Dahlin has more hits though which is worth something. Hughes also has a playoff series where he literally broke the record for rookie defenseman scoring. He is also I think the 7th faster defenseman to 100 points in their career. Hughes has been a historically good offensive, transition and possession defenseman.
Here is a link to a great comparison of advanced metrics: https://www.naturalstattrick.com/playercompare.php?fromseason=20212022&thruseason=20212022&stype=2&sit=all&score=all&stdoi=oi&rate=n&p1=8480800&p2=8480839&loc=B&gpfilt=none&fd=&td=&tgp=410&lines=single
There is almost no metric where Dahlin is ahead. Of the 40 stats Hughes leads 35 of them Dahlin leads 3 and theyre tied on 2
As far as the scouts go, I don't think any scout thought Hughes would be this good and I think most scouts thought Dahlin would be better. What does that mean now? Lafrenierre has done basically nothing and scouts raved about him. It's more about what have you actually done. They play a very similar style Hughes and Dahlin and last yr during Hughes down yr they were very similar players but beyond that you can't really point to any part of Dahlin's game that is better than Hughes beside physicality.