Credit to resident poll-man @Knuckl3s for the format

** This poll is related to Jack Hughes 1st overall draft pick in 2019 vs Elias Pettersson 5th overall draft pick in 2017. Not the guys with the same names drafted in 2022.

Further reading on this non-divisive topic from page 43 and onward, enjoy.
https://www.capfriendly.com/forums/thread/625628

Hughes.

Here are their stats:

Jack Hughes vs Elias Pettersson

Better player right now is Pettersson, no contest. Higher ceiling (and thus the player I'd take for the future) is Hughes, but he's not there yet.

No dog in the fight:

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ugh

lol I'm done

You're welcome

I will never understand the love affair with Jack Hughes

hughes is gonna leave the canucks behind in the dust.

Depends if you value potential or talent right now more, Petey’s better now but Hughes is the guy I’d take 5 years from now ( if I had to choose now )

You didn't specify which one

Can say the Hughes was the better player after this past season, but long-term, I see Pettersson as ultimately being the better player long-term as Hughes doesn't have the same level of defensive consciousness that Pettersson does. I also expect both players to score at about the same rate over their respective careers

Hughes has already passed Pettersson.

NHL.com article discusses the top centers in league in 3 years.

Here are the guys they listed:

McDavid
Matthews
Hughes <--him
MacKinnon
Barkov

hot take: I could see Hughes being a top 5 center someday. Hughes any day of the week.

And nobody ever comes up with any sort of argument or rationale as to how Hughes is better than him

Pettersson is better defensively

It took Hughes 30 seconds and two laps around the black box to produce a mini-Jack Hughes. EP couldn’t deliver a mini-Elias Pettersson until the draft.

that's right, he is better defensively, he's also 2 years older and hasn't been playing on a rebuilding team his entire career. Hughes will get there.

Already producing at a higher rate while being 2.5 years younger



Bergeron is better defensively than McDavid. Whats your point

When I included Jack Hughes in my team of overrated players I wish I had this poll to further back me up

Wow now we’re using McDavid in Hughes discussions… yikes

Reading is hard for some people...

Person is saying Pettersson is better than Hughes because Pettersson is better defenisvely. I show an example of how being better defensively doesn't mean better overall. And somehow you twist my words.

Yes, Jack had a better year offensively than Petey last season, but what about over both players careers as a whole? I think Petey has scored at a higher rate from that vantage point