Prospect of Interest: Could Luke Hughes be even better than his brothers?

The hockey world’s expectations of Luke Hughes may weigh unfairly heavy on the young defender’s shoulders given the pedigree and success of his big-league brothers. But while the youngest of the three will likely have to navigate being compared to them through the early goings of his career — particularly Quinn, given they play the same position — having a family with deep roots in the game has also been an immense resource for Luke.

As it turns out, Luke might be in line to receive plenty more advice from his brother, with Jack’s Devils in line to pick fourth in the 2021 draft, the upper end of where Luke’s projected to potentially hear his name called. And Jack hasn’t been shy about making his feelings known on the possibility.

Stefan’s son James, who played on that same team with Luke, leading the squad in scoring, saw the similarities, too. The younger Hughes defender is set to continue following in Quinn’s footsteps next season, too. After watching the eldest Hughes brother go from the U.S. NTDP to the University of Michigan to the NHL, Luke will similarly follow up his own run in the U.S. NTDP with a stint in Wolverines colours next year.

"You're dealing with a completely different player," Jack added in a later interview with Morreale."He's got the skating, he's got the smarts that Quinn has, but this kid is big ... he's not the normal Hughes. It's going to be a different defenceman than Vancouver has with Quinn. He's going to be huge in shutting guys down, being offensive."

SachdevaSonny Jack is over rated. Quinn is super soft.

SachdevaSonny They’re going to be the new Staals aren’t they?

SachdevaSonny Probably NJ. Nucks r too high in draft...

SachdevaSonny If the Canucks aren't working on a deal to get him by moving up I'm sure the Devils are! Benning would be forgiven a lot of sins if he could pull this off without losing Pettersson or Demko. Anyone else is fairgame for me!

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