Film Room: An investigation into Luke Hughes' all-around game
We have seen this movie a few times before. First, one brother makes an impact in the NHL. A year or three later the younger brother does the same thing. The Staals. The Subbans. The Jones'. The Boqvists.
The Hughes'.
Some of these families have a third son that comes along and tries to join his brothers in the big leagues too. We were told that Marc Staal was going to be the best of the bunch. PK was quick to tell everyone that the youngest Subban, played a style reminiscent of his - perhaps with better skating. The same has happened with the youngest Hughes' brother, Luke.
In a 2018 ESPN feature on the family, Dan Ninkovich, a high-performance coach who has worked with the Hughes family for nearly a decade had this to say, "With all three being high-end skaters, Luke might end up being the