New Jersey Devils: 5 Career Comparable’s For Jack Hughes

Pavel Datsyuk: 

After watching Pavel Datsyuk for so many seasons, the admiration of a smaller yet very talented Russian player in Pavel Datsyuk really caught our attention. His skill, determination, perseverance, and blue-collar mentality paid mega dividends. Since Jack Hughes is a similar height to Pavel Datsyuk, the speed and agility along with the natural ability to make plays is a bit unfair to Datsyuk, but it’s worth mentioning he also won a Stanley Cup.

Over 14 seasons in the NHL, Pavel Datsyuk ended up having 918 points. In order for Hughes to reach similar point totals, he would need more than 66 points per game. This is a very fair statistical matchup. However, if you took the 87 average points I predicted in 14 seasons that would be 1,218 points.