Is Quinn Hughes having the best season in Canucks history?

11 comments

1. No

2. Interesting really makes you remember how remember how good those 2 years the sedins had plus early luongo. With the canucks they’ve never had a good defenceman like hughes, so it’s hard to compare him to other positions especially when he automatically wins the defenceman conversation.

3. By a Canuck? No.

   By a Canuck defenseman? Yes.

4. Great article on the obvious

5. The best thing about Quinn is how business like he is about his job. He could score 100 points this season and he still wouldn’t care unless we make a deep playoff run. Giving this guy the C was the best move and I can’t wait for puck drop tonight. Sure is nice to look forward to games this time of year.

6. He’s gonna be the first nuck to ever win a Norris!

7. No. Recency bias at its peak.

   Quinn has been amazing and we never had anything close to a Norris. But saying “best season in history” discounts 4 Hall of Famers. Henrik having Hart. Prime Luongo 1v5ing Dallas and Anaheim (and failing, but still). Both Sedins with Art Rosses. And a literal runaway winner in 93 or 94 Bure.

   Now if Quinn gets Hart nominations and anything close to a Conn Smythe? Then he has not only the best season in Canucks history but also a statue.

8. No.

9. “This Vancouver Canucks season, we’re seeing some of the best players in franchise history in Elias Pettersson, Quinn Hughes, J.T. Miller, and Thatcher Demko.”

   I’m sorry, what? Did this guy just start watching the Canucks 5 years ago?

10. I think it’s a fair question… Of course we want to see some longevity from Hughes but the qualifier is “best season”

    There’s an objective way to answer this and a subjective. But I feel like in sports there’s the intangibles that stats don’t describe. As great as Hughes has been, from watching all the eras, it just doesn’t quite feel the same as the 2010 Henrik year, 03 Nazzy year or peak Bure years… but… could very well be nostalgia talking and in 20 years I’ll be misty eyed reminiscing on this season.

11. Quick peek at some adjusted seasons on hockey ref shows Henrik with 119 adjusted pts in 2010, Naslund with 117 in 2003. Bure’s best adjusted seasons (93 and 94) actually bring his points and goals down a bit due to the high scoring environment of the day.

    Naslund had 48 goals (104 pts) in a very stingy season. Adjusted, it’s 55 goals (117 pts). Henrik has more adjusted technically, but I think my vote would be Nazzy.