2018 NHL Draft Prospect Profile: Quinn Hughes

Name: Quinn Hughes

Date of Birth: 10/14/1999

Position: D

Team: University of Michigan

Height: 5’10”

Weight: 170

Shoots: Left

Rankings

TSN (Button): 6

TSN (McKenzie): 9

Sportsnet: 9

NHL (Kimelman): 6

NHL (Morreale): 8

NHL (Lepage): 7

ISS: 7

HockeyProspect: 7

McKeen’s: 6

Future Considerations: 6

In my earlier profile of Joel Farabee, I talked about how size matters much less to scouts than it did ten to fifteen years ago. But what I did not mention is that trend is not only evident among forwards. Over the course of the last 30 years, NHL general managers’ ideal defenseman used to be a hulking physical specimen who would punish any attacking player who tried to get past him. Now, defensemen are expected to be…