Ken Daneyko is willing to say it — even if Devils GM Ray Shero isn’t just yet.
The rugged Devils defenseman turned MSG analyst knows who he’d pick if he were on stage at Rogers Arena in Vancouver on Friday, making the No. 1 pick in the 2019 NHL Draft.
“It’s Jack Hughes, without question,” he told The Post this week. “When you hear he’s the best skater since Connor McDavid, when you hear a lot about how he makes players better around him, that’s a big thing.”
The 18-year-old Hughes, long tabbed as the top prospect in this year’s draft, had to fend off a year-long push from Finnish power forward Kaapo Kakko, who will likely be the Rangers’ consolation prize at No.