Luke Hughes--brother of Jack Hughes--commits to Michigan
Potential huge development.
Luke Hughes, the younger brother of current Wolverine Quinn Hughes and Jack Hughes has committed to Michigan.
Two of the three Hughes brothers are now committed to Michigan.
Luke Hughes (03) commits to the University of Michigan. Detroit Little Caesars 14U. High IQ Defenseman, great skater, smart & skilled w/ the puck. #WhosNext #NTDPwatch pic.twitter.com/NkiyLBZJIX
— Matt Grainda (@graindaiv) May 26, 2018
Wouldn’t compare him to rafalski though... I don’t see that in his game
I'm an idiot. Brian said he's thought of to be a top prospect for the 2019 draft. Sorry, it's been awhile since they talked about it on the WTKA Roundtable.
Quinn is projected to be a top-10 pick this year.
or head to the pros and bypass us?
I am completely unaware of how this works for hockey
Luke? As of now I'd expect him to play at Michigan.
Jack is the big, big question. It looks like either he'll play in the NTDP next season and go straight to the NHL (as a probably #1 overall draft pick) or accelerate his schooling and play at Michigan for a year next season.
And that probably depends upon whether or not Quinn is signed by his NHL team after the draft this summer, something that seems like a good chance to occur depending upon the team.
We're very biased.
OHL is the other significant alternative, and I imagine that it's a real option. Michael Spath acknowledged that in his pretty-plugged-in analysis of the situation, but at least from his perspective it seemed like the two biggest possibilities were NTDP and Michigan.
Yeah, he's already killed it in the NTDP, and as a result my gut feeling was that the main alternative to Michigan was the OHL, but if he and/or the family aren't huge fans of that route, the NTDP still offers a lot of good challenges for the next year. Michigan would be a step up, of course, but you have to want it--accelerating to graduate by the end of summer is no joke.
The one downside for him is that he was totally dominant this year, so a season just as good next year could be absolutely dominant but also appear to be no growth. That could, in theory, sour NHL scouting on him, at least to an extent.
But that's not likely.
Go to Michigan.
I like it.
Any relation to Howard?