The moment Jack Hughes stepped off the ice in the New Jersey Devils' season opener -- after he dangled through three Chicago Blackhawks, and scored on his backhand for an absurd overtime winner, then tossed his stick into the crowd in a moment of euphoric celebration -- he turned to a team staffer and had one question:
"Am I going to get in trouble?"
Hughes, 20, spends his Sunday afternoons on his couch glued to NFL Red Zone. He knows all too well how the NFL's taunting rule stirs controversy.