Jack Hughes is coming to the New Jersey Devils. It’s just a fact at this point. He just broke the record for points in the U18 tournament, a record once owned by Alex Ovechkin. There’s zero doubt for me now that Hughes is the pick, and you allow your rival the New York Rangers get the consolation prize in Kaapo Kakko.
That will give the Devils a one-two punch of Hughes and Nico Hischier for a very, very long time. That helps the Devils in a huge way because number-two center was one of their biggest needs, mostly because Pavel Zacha just never worked out in the role.