Hughes is better in every statistical category accept for goals, Hughes has more assists, more points in less games played, better +/-, more time on ice/game. I'm not sure defensively how they stack up but if i were a gambling man I'd say Hughes was better defensively as well. Also to answer your question I don't want even more young guys on the team, can't we build a solid team around Thompson, Dahlin, Benson, Samuelsson, Doan and Mcleod instead of blowing this up all over again? Can't a solid GM work with this? Just asking in general.