It’s still way too early to know who will add “big game player” to their narrative this season, but we’ve got a few early candidates.

It's a stretch to say that 3–1 series comebacks are common—none happened from 1942 to '75, for instance—but they occur frequently enough that fans do

Hughes is on a short list of the very best defensemen in the league and is certainly the best player on the Canucks, as evidenced by his team-high 76 points in 68 games. The points led Vancouver by 26 over Brock Boeser and were third among blueliners in the NHL behind only Cale Makar and Zach Werenski.