Quoting: kster34
Makar, Josi, Hedman, Karlson, McAvoy, Fox, Letang, Carlson, Ekblad, Heiskenen, Slavin, Toews, Pieterangelo, Chabot, Dahlin, Werenski, Theodore, Reilly.
I’d take them all over Hughes. He’s a great skater / passer but is small & can’t defend .
To each his own but your premise, even if not your main point, of equating Marner with Hughes was weak and deserved to be corrected.
Saying Hughes can’t defend but he can defend better than Karlsson, Rielly, while also being similar offensively to Rielly.
Hughes’ defense is becoming underrated, he’s not elite but he’s not a liability in his own like Karlsson/Rielly/Barrie are
I would take Hughes over Rielly, Letang, Karlsson, Chabot, Werenski, and arguably Theodore and Carlson