TORONTO — The next Connor McDavid — or is it the next Patrick Kane or Johnny Gaudreau or Mitch Marner? — has the puck once again. And, once again, all eyes are on Jack Hughes.
That includes the many scouts from the Ontario Hockey League and the U.S. National Team Development Program who are here at the OHL Cup this week searching for the Next One, as well as agents, parents and, of course, the on-ice opponents who are trying their darnedest to prevent the 15-year-old Toronto Marlboros centre from taking over the game.
But as anyone who is familiar with Hughes has learned by now, that’s a difficult task.