Quoting: Warpbox
1) Fun fact of the day! Conor Garlands 47 5-5 points is more then Brady Tkachuks 41.
2) Conor Garland on 5-5 looks dominant. He’ll dance around with the puck and spin away from checks. I’d argue he got unlucky with his production numbers.
3) Quinn Hughes is absolutely not a “turnstile” at 5-5. He makes some of the nicest breakout plays in the league and is a huge part of Vancouvers offensive game.
4) Yes Hughes had a lot of secondary assists. However, a lot of those he was important to the play on. It would be him to Miller to Horvat where his pass was very important for it. Not all secondary assists are the same.
5) Even if PP specialists are easy to find, he’s one of the most dominant players on the PP. It’s near impossible to just find a PP quarterback as good as Hughes. He also is really good on the PK. His special teams and offence is incredible. His only weakness is 5-5 defence which has become so much better last year
Ah, i was looking at even strength. Tkachuk 50, garland 49. I would argue semantics there.
Garland must have gotten really unlucky for his whole career, given that over his three full seasons he’s 57th in even strength points. Dominant? Yeesh.
You’re using an example of hughes with the puck to explain why he isn’t a turnstile? You’re really missing the point. He’s fine with the puck, its away from it that’s the problem.
I watched a lot of the canucks over the last couple years. I honestly think that his numbers on the PP were very fortunate. I can’t tell you how many times Pettersson was cocked and ready for a one timer and got a pass from hughes that he had to catch, and then make a play with.
Hughes should play the role that Torey Krug played in Boston, and that’s not really an insult. Krug was very affective in the following role - never on the top pair at even strength, normally paired with a defensive rock, all the PP TOI he can handle, very little PK time, and normally around 5th or 4th in EV TOI.
He’s just not that all-situation #1 guy.