Why Were 6 Players Drafted Before Quinn Hughes? Where Are They Now?

In today's video we continue the series and highlight Quinn Hughes, and his spectacular career so far in the NHL. I plan on expanding on this series! So make sure to comment down below any players you would like me to cover!
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[@RobTalksHockey]

What player do you want to see next?! On a side note, sorry for the lack of uploads, I have been under the weather.

[@s.p.8508]

Barzal please

[@TheRichardson711]

Where are they now? calder winners over the decade. which ones regressed, which ones continued to improve. maybe how they stack up against the runner-ups.

[@RobTalksHockey]

@@TheRichardson711 That is an awesome idea. You'll see this video in the near future haha!

[@mattblom3990]

I'd want to see Barzal. His dad was my dad's defense partner in beer league until my dad blew his knee out last year. I DID get a signed Barzal Team Canada hockey card personalized to me...Which I keep in the same case with my birth certificate and passport lol.

[@RasuS]

Sebastian Aho

[@mattblom3990]

The best way I describe Quinn Hughes is he's the engine of Vancouver's offence. He drives the plays, the team constantly passes back to him in order to differ to his decision-making, probably because he skates and acts like he knows more what to do in any given offensive situation than anyone else on the ice. And, well, he does.

[@RobTalksHockey]

I completely agree.

[@jaythompson5102]

@@vikinginsane6770 Edler is an older guy and in general the Canucks have Hughes and then a bunch of #3/4/5 guys

[@broadstreet21]

Considering how they were doing before he came, it's great.

[@RasuS]

Why were 34 players drafted before Sebastian Aho

[@everfrost]

Yes

[@johnnycigar7699]

I was actually so confused at that draft why he wasn't drafed earlier. He was sooooo good at the junior championship that I was completely sold on him as a player. Really wanted Canucks to pick him that year.

[@stpierreorama]

@@johnnycigar7699 Really want to see you start your last sentence with *I Really. Starting a sentence without the pronoun sounds dumb and isn't proper use of the English language. I'm not picking on you i do this randomly to people all the time.

[@masonmoncrieff9947]

Shut the fuck up

[@dstudaker]

Truth

[@johnnycigar7699]

Quinn Hughes is the most important player on Canucks right now, it's actually crazy just how impactful he is.

[@renegadeshockey7769]

Fr

[@jackwilly382]

Him and pettersson developing alongside each other will be deadly

[@aczonied4646]

Dahlin was 18 when he came to the leauge, Quinn was 20

[@Beeholme]

Dahlin still isent 20 yet, and thats crazy!

[@nathanv3494]

Quinn was actually 19 when he came into the league

[@aczonied4646]

nathan verde he was 19y and 364 days his first game, 20y his 2nd

[@roofpizza1250]

@@aczonied4646 He played a few games at the end of last year so 19.

[@V3hick1x]

Aczo Nied “leauge”

[@jaydurant3048]

After they got Quinn I've never seen Jim so happy. Ever.

[@Kinesicz]

It the happiest draft for me too.

[@Yojeytz14]

I Don t know how I found you but you are Doing great content keep going! Greetings from Germany !

[@RobTalksHockey]

Cheers!👍🏻

[@guytheguy551]

Do why was nail yakupov drafted first

[@lilmabu17]

Cause he was fucking amazing at juniors

[@mattblom3990]

Brian Burke said at the combine they flagged major mental toughness issues with him based off his questioning, Burke swears to this day he'd have taken Morgan Rielly 1st overall that year (and I totally do believe him).

[@1RnSghT]

@@mattblom3990 overall taht draft was quite weak but with edmonton's needs at that time they prob should have taken a Dmen

[@WeedSmoker69]

I'll have you know that my greatest hockey achievement is that I played on a AAA team with Nail's Sarnia alternate captain

[@PuthSardaraDha]

Love your videos bro! Keep it up!

[@chasekirby3787]

No one else noticed “Quintin Hughes” in the thumbnail ?

[@RobTalksHockey]

Yep that is his actual name!

[@EEROjohansson]

Isn't it a Quinton?

[@kinggokuu9063]

EERO im pretty sure its quinton too

[@patricklucey7502]

Rob Talks Hockey the king

[@ernestlam5163]

@@kinggokuu9063 Nope, it's actually Quintin :)

[@josephking4416]

I've been watching hockey since early 80s. Yes I'm old. I can't even remember seeing a defenseman who skates in every direction with speed and finesse as Hughes does and that's with the puck, passing and receiving in virtually any direction. Truly in my opinion a generational defenseman who's Jersey WILL be in Vancouver rafters when his playing days are done. GUARANTEED

[@waves4306]

You would have seen paul coffey skate, and boy does he have a beautiful stride

[@dsrevo79]

agreed,,, while others have speed speed abd dangle,, quinn has plethora of fakes using his skates,,, its hard to predict what the dude is going to do... that end to end againsts Capitals came to mind,,, he faked a forward pass,, feinted to pass back then back to forward then boom he is behind the hash mark and avoided intercapting a pass by pretending to shoot first... damn.. boeser got the goal

[@jlee6161]

good job rob. informative and entertaining

[@oliviaschweiter7193]

Watching this video now is crazy cause he has been amazing this year and he’s at a .90303 ppg (if my math is right) and is definitely in Norris contention. There is not doubt now that he should have been at least top 3.

[@jamiehunt5375]

great vid in 3-4 hopefully you can do one for Hoglander & Podkolzin

[@RobTalksHockey]

Ohhh ya

[@95VideoMan]

thanks rob! I know it might not be exactly in line with this format, but I think the career path of Kovalchuk is interesting nonetheless. As a long time Kovi fan, I'd love to hear a more analytical perspective on his path through the NHL.

[@RobTalksHockey]

Great idea👍🏻

[@Billeh556]

The fact that out tema will have a Calder finalist THREE years in a row....amazing. Has that even been accomplished before?

[@MrEGuy-mi4qk]

Love your videos man

[@arreson8383]

Great video

[@williampilling6576]

Personally I'd pick Dahlin, Svechnikov and maybe Tkachuk before Hughes... still a hell of a player though, just my thoughts. As a Habs fan, I'm pissed that we didn't take Tkachuk OR Hughes

[@williampilling6576]

@mojo just an opinion... still lots of respect for Hughes as a player

[@dbo514]

@mojo obviously you don't watch enough Canes and Sabres games to know how special Dahlin and Svech are.

[@dennisgreen835]

Looking at this rn looks crazy but made sense 3 years ago

[@williampilling6576]

@dennisgreen835 has not aged the best hahah but the logic was there 😂

[@munk0640]

Absolutely killing it Rob! Please don't listen to the haters, us fans love the Canucks content!

[@RobTalksHockey]

Thanks dude!

[@ryankocher]

I’d still pick dahlin first

[@RobTalksHockey]

I agree!

[@nathancrain1445]

I’d pick Tkachuck first not biased (sens fan)

[@fatdonkey2667]

Everyone would

[@skinflaver]

Yah he is doing good

[@PuthSardaraDha]

Dahlin on the Canucks would be a ppg. Hell any decent team other than the sabers..... with all due respect to the sabers lol

[@ethansmith5012]

This guy needs more subs

[@OyoFesso]

great vid and broken down so nice. I subbed!!

[@RobTalksHockey]

Thanks dude!

[@tommydoepel6580]

So happy Zadina dropped to 6 lol. Never would have got Hughes if he didn't.

[@ianholcomb1039]

5:10 Bruh that face with the guy on the left 😂

[@LeSyd1984]

2018 & 2019 are huge drafts. 2020 remains to be seen but it is certainly top heavy... Have you already answered Why were one hundred and seventy players drafted before Pavel Datsyuk?

[@felipepineda1585]

For the same reason Jaramir Jagr was picked 168th. Sometimes you find a Diamond in the Rough!

[@youcrany]

quinn is amazing. go nucks' go!

[@knuttekarlsson9191]

I watching this Video today both jack and Quinn are so good now

[@chrismorgan6472]

It’s been less than 2 years zadina still has a lot of time to prove it o be the right pick he has the tools to be a 40 goal scorer

[@bigdust0392]

I was mad when the Wings drafted Zadina. I saw Hughes at U of M and it was so obvious. I don’t know what the top 6 were thinking

[@HousewolfDaddy]

His risk was so high I’m kind of glad the Wings didn’t pick him. I loved watching him play for the NTDP and U of M but his type of offense takes him out of position a lot, and his defense wasn’t bad but it wasn’t noticeably strong either prior to the NHL. I’m glad to see Quinn doing well, but the last thing the Wings needed was a high risk -high reward pick when a potential top overall scorer fell that far down for no reason other than teams picking positional needs.

[@probert2431]

@@HousewolfDaddy I respectfully disagree with you. He is just what the Red Wings need. A player who can change a game, rushing the puck, getting it out of the defensive zone and flat out making plays especially on the power play. I was watching the draft that day and when the wings pick came up I was hoping and praying they would take Hughes. I wonder if Yzerman would have taken him instead of Holland. The Canucks have an all-star for the next 10 years.

[@HousewolfDaddy]

probert 24 I don’t disagree that he’s a game changer, or that he probably will be for a while now. At the time of the draft though, I wouldn’t have been sure based on what his play at U if M and US NTDP was like. He was always an amazing skater, but even at those levels (more so with the NTDP) his style of controlling the puck took him out of position a bit too much and created turnovers. On a team where we have no defense, I wouldn’t have taken a high risk offensive defensemen with that pick. Boqvist had the same issue for me although his playing style is more traditional. It’s easy to second guess now but Zadina is looking like he’ll be a great scorer for us as well. If Seider pans out as a true 1A and hopefully someone like Tuomisto ends up as good as he looks as well, and our defense/team will start looking more like a contender again.

[@TheBirdyyeses]

Make one on William Nylander!

[@bdog4280]

Would love to see Vancouver win the Calder Cup Trophy 2 years in a row , but not necessary. Very impressed with our rookies shining in their first

[@Cup_in_6]

Rob my dude, you can make a solid argument for almost all of those players selected before Hughes except for hayton. I love Hughes man, what a pick at 7 but it’s not like the rest of those players are busts

[@coltonanderson7198]

Flip your hanger upside down and hang the jersey up that way, looks cleaner!

[@foodtenswhalestream940]

i would still pick Dahlin svech tkachuk over Hughes and i wouldnt say picking Hayton was that bad of a pick either. im not sure hughes has what it takes defensively and physicaly to be a true horse that can play 25-30 minutes for a long strech on a contending team

[@BudNucks]

The fact that dahlin was the “best defensman” in this draft probably overshadowed Hughes and questions about size and offensive weapons dropped him down to 7th.

[@ThePFD518]

On Kotkaniemi, he was ranked as high as 5 right before the draft. He wasn’t that big of a reach.

[@adamjohanson2292]

Subscribe to me for no reason he shouldn’t have been 3rd though. He was only ranked higher because Montreal had him at 3. Most draft rankings TSN puts up are a survey by the general managers.

[@dbo514]

@@adamjohanson2292 Maybe not, but he was definitely top 5.

[@spirit4649]

True, and with his playoff development,this could be a good sign for montreals next year's to come

[@AD_RC]

I wholeheartedly believe that the other two Hughes went higher in the draft because of Quinn

[@joseppi44plays13]

Rob can you do Jesper Bratt next

[@WeedSmoker69]

thank god you called it the 'Michigan goal'. callin' it what it is! long live THE MICHIGAN

[@wildhorse4]

Hey Rob Hutten can you go back to making game reviews for the playoffs! i miss them videos

[@RRaquello]

If Yzerman was drafting instead of Holland, the Red Wings would have taken Hughes. If I remember, Zadina was considered even with Svechnikov for the second best player available, after Dahlin, so when he fell to 6th, the Wings thought he was too good to pass up.

[@jaredhicks8082]

I would say that Detroit probably had Hughes #1 on their board, because they didn’t expect Zadina to be available. However when I suspected top 3 talent falls to you, you take him. Similar to how Seth Jones fell from 1/2 to Nashville at 4 in 2013

[@therefep9723]

They were going to pick Bouchard

[@InsomniacMatt]

When Alex Edler retires, Quinn's definitely getting an A for Alternate Captain

[@treetree117]

I wonder if his brother jack will start scoring

[@dereklasker5350]

Hughes goes third in my redraft, behind Dahlin and Svechnikov. Although for the record I would’ve wanted the Sabres to take Hughes at 4 if they lost the lottery

[@ZZelda51]

Because he is small for defenceman

[@carlyisaac4669]

He thru down chara thou so small but a, tank

[@vSplyontwitch]

The fact that you said Adam fox makes me sad should’ve been a flame sad he didn’t sign with us😢

[@shawnrobinson8721]

He should’ve went number one overall but simply it’s all projections at the time of the draft that’s why

[@sgtandyboy4377]

Rasmus dahlin is still the best defenceman drafted, his two way game is strong, he doesn’t put up the same points as Hughes but he still puts up above avg points for a D and he’s also a lot better defensively

[@shawnrobinson8721]

Andy trinh dahlin is ass

[@ethancline5361]

Shawn Robinson really?💀💀💀. Canucks fan over here

[@logicali1134]

Cale makar is another defensman that is dominant. More than hughes. From this decade

[@dstudaker]

Montreal REALLY screwed Detroit with picking KK instead of Zadina... Zadina was ALWAYS suppose to go 3 and Detroit was always suppose to pick Hughes! Ugh! Oh well, such as life, we now have Seider!

[@kentstebbings5642]

And Hughes is a year younger than makar

[@seamusoleary3712]

a few years later, it is clear Quinn Hughes was the best pick!!!!

[@andrewenglish3493]

As a canes fan, I’ll take svechnikov over Hughes every day of the year. Our defense is stacked anyways

[@ethancline5361]

Agreed

[@djmackj]

Love the content. But I think you use the same background music for a lot (maybe all?) of your videos. Maybe change it up lol

[@alexisbeatriz8496]

Looking at the draft class he was kind off by a few picks, but he wasn't French Canadian so Montreal wouldn't touch him, Carolina didn't need a defenseman(especially now), Detroit was hunting for another forward, and let's just not talk about Ottawa. Please until we get Melnyk out let's ignore them. I may be a Sabres fan, but I miss when they weren't competing for last in the league. I want the brawl to happen again. However Melnyk is running that team into the ground. I'm already calling it that Brady is going to have a hell of a time negotiating his first big boy contract because Melnyk will want it as cheap as possible.

[@averyolepa3712]

Quinn was twenty when he came into the league and Dahlin was 18, a two year difference can mean a lot and there is no way to treat him like a superstar just because he had an outstanding rookie season.

[@RobTalksHockey]

You are correct, and I think Dahlin has more potential. But Hughe's rookie season is right in line with Pettersson's. Now he will need to prove it, but all the analytics point towards Hughes being a star.

[@dbo514]

Basically I think Dahlin, Svechnikov are definitely still better picks than Quinn Hugues, but he definitely should have been top three. This is my ranking: 1. Dahlin 2. Svechnikov 3. Hughes 4. Kotkaniemi 5. Tkachuk Brady Tkachuk is a beast at generating offence, although it hasn't translated to as much points as it should so far. Kotkaniemi was highly effective at 5v5, both defensively, and offensively in his rookie year, and struggled with many injuries this year. He's still only 19. I think ultimately his upside is the among highest of the bunch and he'll become a terrific C. Dahlin will be amazing, and Svechnikov will clearly be a 100pts guy.

[@ethancline5361]

THANK YOU FOR MAKING THIS😂 everyone thinks Habs shit the bed by picking him he’s fantastic just had a sophomore slump to. I am a Habs fan and it’s arguable that kotkaniemi

[@nathancrain1445]

Are you a Canucks fan?

[@jakesherry7448]

Kubs is gonna take the Calder he’s gonna get 35+ goals u should do Kubalik next

[@IHateMyAccountName]

Started the season late, lots of goals against, and they're probably not making the playoffs. So probably not.

[@RobTalksHockey]

He should definitely be the conversation!

[@skinflaver]

Makar is also 2 years older.

[@vikassharma629]

1 year*

[@skinflaver]

Year and a half

[@vikassharma629]

They are both born in October. Quin is born in 1999 and makar 1998. You can Google it if you don't believe me lol

[@skinflaver]

Dang it.

[@dlofiasco]

Tkachuk = Kane from WWE twin.

[@imprezzive3153]

As a buffalo fan, if there was a redraft, I'd have to take Andrei Svechnikov over dahlin. Dont get me wrong, hes a great player, but I don't think hes quite lived up to the hype. Buffalo would be better off with a scoring foward because they already have a bunch of defensemen

[@AM-ms9mn]

Tkatchuk value on ice FAR FAR outweighs only his goals and assists. And he can score and make plays. I see him as a close to ppg guy in his prime with a better team playing with good players and some what organized cohesive team. The few games as a rookie he got a chance with Stone, he was killing it offensively. Wait until you pair him up with that style with Lafrenier or Byfeild or Stutzle or maybe even 2 out of those 3 lol He will be getting easy 80-90pts with that bruising high intangibles style

[@mitchelsullivan3118]

Of course you gonna choose Hughes over Shvenikov your a Canucks fan

[@goldenchest2000]

Hughes would probably go first overall if there was a redraft

[@LucaVespa99]

Vancouver Canucks have the greatest team ever built in NHL history this year

[@ethancline5361]

Really? So mark messier Wayne Gretzky Paul Coffey grant fehr and MANY more isn’t good enough. Also look at Colorado this year. Way better than nucks.

[@jolls4676]

Rasmus Dahlin was the obvious pick for any team. The guy is insanely talented. Quinn Hughes should have been second though.

[@ethancline5361]

Jolls top 4

[@Someone-qi9gu]

Hawks almost got him so close

[@stevenilijanich1248]

Personally out of this draft so far svechnikov is the best out of that draft.

[@gv1426]

Naaaa Dahlin is for sure the best one

[@ssiipp7848]

Dahlin is the best. I think he is second all time in points by a teenage defender.

[@zuhairzubair4228]

Tkchuk

[@RobTalksHockey]

I personally would rank Dahlin #1, with Hughes and Svech #2, depending on team needs

[@swervparadox1500]

Rob Talks Hockey Not sure how you don’t have Svechnikov at #1. Dudes a ppg player at 19

[@ethancline5361]

Kotkaniemi was ranked 6 by bobs best available

[@bdog4280]

part 2. Year.

[@jamessweeney5202]

Players drafted ahead of joel farabee

[@johnbrowne3950]

24 players were taken before David Pasternack.

[@TheJimmyStDenisShow]

If yzerman was the gm for Detroit he would of grabbed Hughes at 6

[@GooseGumlizzard]

Still would take Svechnikov over him and probably Dahlin, too.

[@shawnerickstad7927]

No and no

[@sleeptime5464]

This video is so similar to the video made by MirokiOnDefence

[@Abcd-rb3zg]

I'd pick dahlin and svech before him still

[@rustyshaklford8557]

21 ahead of Claude Giroux

[@natet5059]

I would literally take everyone that went ahead of him but Hayton.

[@cheesycircumcision]

Kotkaniemi was sent to the minors though

[@ShyGuyRacing]

Cheesy Circumcision PPG right now in the A, and he’s only 19

[@kolbeycam1328]

Go canucks go!

[@johntitorii6676]

Hughes tilts the ice

[@carlyisaac4669]

Vancouver canucks will have two back to back rookie winners petterson and now Quinn go Vancouver canucks go

[@joshuaalec1988]

We are all Canucks 🏒🥅🚨💯

[@ignitefifahd8017]

Quinn at #2

[@chaseknowles9376]

Patrice Bergeron

[@AWCTB]

Dude give him some time, this is basically saying he was better then everybody else in the draft and is now a legend.

[@RobTalksHockey]

Nope not even close!

[@cartersmith5643]

Pastranak

[@jackmclaughlin605]

1. Dahlin 2. Tkachuk 3. Hughes 4. Svechnikov

[@JamesBond-em7ji]

Svechniko over tkachuk 24-7

[@jackmclaughlin605]

@@JamesBond-em7ji no trust, watch Tkachuk player, the dudes insane at creating scoring chances, he just cant finnish a lot, he's gettimg better at it though

[@kentstebbings5642]

Hughes is definitely better than makar

[@carlyisaac4669]

Quinn has the most rookie pointa

[@ethancline5361]

I still love Quinn but if they played the same amount of games statistically makar would have more points

[@carlyisaac4669]

@@ethancline5361 maker played nore games thou thwn Quinn

[@ethancline5361]

Joshua Isaac no. Quinn played more games

[@scorzi10]

if the red wings draft lafrenaire who gets #11 him or zadina?

[@tentengaming1775]

Zadina most likely because he was there longer

[@RobTalksHockey]

Laf takes it for a Rolex

[@gabemasutti1465]

Trust me Kotkeniemi is great, but ur telling me MTL could’ve had Hughes😭

[@ethancline5361]

Haha but if mtl picked him they would’ve got more hate at the time. Kotkaniemi was actually ranked 6th Hughes was ranked 8th

[@MultiSun75]

He need to practice his shot.

[@merricklinn6317]

Why

[@s.p.8508]

I think it’s a bit early for a Hughes vid like this.

[@lgrw9883]

I agree there are a few players like Hayton and Zadina that haven’t been around long enough to say that those teams made a mistake

[@RobTalksHockey]

Perhaps! This topic will be done again in the future

[@justinm3388]

Quinn Hughes is playing top minutes for a playoff team, Erik Karlsson came into a garbage Ottawa team with barely any ice time and dropped 26 in 60, 45 in 76 in his second year and then when Ottawa was a playoff team dropped 79 pts in 82. Although Quinn's production has been top tier, I think Makar will be the best offensive defenseman ahead of both Hughes and Karlsson

[@DuffMan604]

How dare you take down Hughes jersey :(

[@RobTalksHockey]

Yeah don’t know how I missed that In a Hughes video 😂

[@adrianoelblanco9586]

As a habs fan. We could of had brady or hughes 😢 wow so dumb

[@MrThomas999]

where are they now lmfao its been 2 years .............