FIRST PASS

HUGHES LIKES TO SKATE the puck out of his zone. But when faced with a lane that is closed, he’s willing to make a pass. Boqvist is often looking for the pass but sometimes makes things too complicated. He has more tools, so the chasm between the two should be bigger, but it isn’t. “It’s Boqvist by a hair,” a scout said. “He’s a little bit better, but sometimes he shoots himself in the foot. I should be telling you Boqvist definitively, but I can’t.” EDGE: BOQVIST