Fan d’Avs ici avec un certain niveau d’inquiétude pour Luke Hughes et son développement et son apparente indifférence à l’égard de sa propre sécurité. Lors du match de début d’année à Denver, [he went back to retrieve a puck like he was the only player on the ice, got destroyed from behind in a questionable hit](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cFCvCpNyOwc) de Ross Colton, qui a semblé (et j’ai accepté) surpris de la désinvolture avec laquelle Hughes a traité cette situation potentiellement dangereuse. Hier soir, le revirement qui a conduit au but de Makar était un peu la même attitude affichée – il semblait inconscient et indifférent à la possibilité d’une pression et a été complètement collé d’une manière que je ne vois tout simplement pas beaucoup de joueurs de la LNH laisser cela leur arrive souvent. D’une certaine manière, je suis impressionné par son courage au hockey, mais d’une autre manière, je ne peux m’empêcher de me demander s’il s’agit d’une tendance ou d’une coïncidence ? Alors pour ceux d’entre vous qui le regardent tous les soirs, est-ce juste une coïncidence si cela s’est produit lors de deux matchs contre l’Avs ? Ou est-ce qu’il s’en fout du tout ?
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happened against philly and torts went on a semi rant about players not being ready for contact. Hes a young player in his first full season, the game is faster than any league hes played in and hes probably just not used to the speed and physicality, while it isnt great to see it happening still im sure hell not only hit the weight room and get bigger for his size but adjust to the pace of play and take less hits like this
I think its coincidence personally. He does have a similar inability/difficulty to avoid checks that Jack showed his rookie year, but in my opinion once he fills out, he will be fine same as Jack
Luke and Nico both need to take a trip this summer to train with Adam Oates, who trains players on how to avoid putting themselves in vulnerable positions.
You just happened to watch the two games where he got blown up. He will be fine
And he’s always getting caught in the same spot, right by or behind the net. You’d think it would register to him by now to keep his head on a swivel.
Kid is 6’2″ and lanky. I wanna feed him so bad to put on muscle. I know its not always easy for taller people.
Hasn’t missed a game all year. That should tell you all you need to know bud. He’s 20 years old and has played like 50 NHL games… I feel like you don’t watch young players enough to see how majority of them get man handled early in their careers and have to learn how to protect themselves more often. Jack, bedard, slaf… just to name a few.
That was also a busch league hit that is largely not in the game anymore, so I understand him not expecting it. That being said, keep your head on a swivel its a violent game
Is anyone really safe?
It wasn’t just both Avs games, Luke gets blown up a lot and you can tell players are targeting him, much like they did to Jack in his first year. Luke can be lackadaisical at times and players are making him pay. Even the Hathaway hit, which was do to a late whistle on an icing, was still Luke not realizing the situation and who is out there. If a meathead like Hathaway is out there Luke has to know to be alert even after the whistle. Wake up, Lukey!
Colton is a goon and Hughes is a rookie. He will be fine
https://youtu.be/R0KBzR6R9ic?si=2Z2uehmLIa0omod-
Great video about your concerns.
This seems like faux concern, nobody cares about some random expressing concern for something nobody can do anything about. He’s not problematically dumb, although he could protect himself better. he’s just a prominent rookie in a lanky body. Players pick their spots, and he’s a prime candidate. Big hughes and hischier get targeted as well. It’s only an issue because he’s young. When he’s 25 he’ll be more adept at avoiding those plays.
If it was Trouba, he wouldn’t be & would be seeing lights, smelling burned rubber and in concussion protocol
F Trouba
The NHL has a hitting problem. The league used to let a lot more go and up until more recently (10 years ish? Someone please state the year when the rules changed) the league has transitioned to a faster game and to protect the players. IMO it was a fantastic decision and has allowed the skill ceiling to increase, make the game faster, and more exciting. Best part is players worry less about being blown up (I’m coming back to this). Kids aren’t allowed to hit until I think 16 now too (someone check me on this).
With all this said this has caused players, especially younger players to come into the NHL not knowing how to protect themselves. They never needed to worry about being hit or hit hard, so they don’t know to look out for it or how to protect themselves. This has led to a lot of players unsuspectingly getting hit hard, Luke Hughes included. It happens on a weekly basis. Usually it’s from older players that used to play in the harder hitting league and are relics from that NHL era. Even though the league rules changed a good time ago we’re still in that transition period. « Dirty » players are typically from that era, when in that era they typically wouldn’t have been labeled as dirty.
In the end, young players need to learn how to protect themselves. They’ll either learn it the easy way or the hard way. Luke Hughes will be fine.
Really great video on it here:
https://youtu.be/R0KBzR6R9ic?si=iNuT-LTtFLqX-INX
He’s played exactly 50 games in his entire career, is 20 years old and isn’t his brother Quinn or Cale Makar, and might never be. What exactly are you trying to find out, given all that, from as raw a player as you can get playing on his heels, on what was basically a garbage-lottery team 16 short months ago, that is currently missing their #1 Dman, #1 shutdown Dman & #1 Center???
Jack was the same way when he was a rookie. He’ll learn.
A kid who’s dominated most levels he’s ever played at has learned a big lesson.
The nhl isn’t as forgiving and even a plug can wreck your shit if you get careless.
He’s fine. He’s a kid adjusting, and got his bell rung in the process
I think it’s awesome you are noticing these hits and asking out of concern for his health. I don’t think it’s a regular pattern for him, but it’s really a case of learning to play in the big league and/or the old hands looking to make an impression in particular on the rookies.
I see him leaning each game, and I think he will be an important piece of our D for years to come. (Same as Nemec, by the way).
How did you see the game yesterday? As a Devs fan, I felt we were slow out of the gate, giving up yet another 1st goal. First period was pretty even. The no-goal at the start of the 2nd was critical for us, and I thought we scored some pretty goals in that period. Third looked like it would be dicey, with the Avs on fire out of the gate. The 2 goals in the 4v4 could easily have been a killer, but somehow we got the ice level again and went on to take the lead. Overall – really entertaining game, and good to see on our day that we can still go toe to toe with one of the best clubs in the league.
This is something that every young professional athlete has to learn. Things are a lot faster and a lot less forgiving in the NHL than they were at the levels he was playing at.
He lost track of the player, it happens. He was otherwise outstanding in the game, one of his best defensive games of the season. Multiple one on one wins against MacKinnon and Rantanen.
Nobody is safe. Not ever. The moment they ever feel safe is the moment they’re taken out.
Maybe it’s a generational thing or something. I’ve never played so I’m not gonna pretend like I know anything about the actual way the game is played from their perspective. And despite my advancing age (at least compared to a player), I also don’t think the game needs to go back to the days of Scott Stevens shoulder checking people’s heads and doling out brain damage like it was a day or two away from expiring in the fridge.
But in a league where full contact hitting is expected, where it’s public knowledge that the DPS is a joke and that the refs are completely inept and inconsistent, I don’t think it’s asking too much that the players do a better job at protecting themselves and making sure they don’t put themselves in that position. The league clearly will not protect you even when they should, so YOU need to protect you.