Hello with body, I'm Indelo from Future Constellation and today we'll take a closer look at two of the most promising and exciting prospect for the upcoming drafts, Jack Hughes and Alex Ylafrenia. While some might disagree, I believe Hughes and Lafrenia are currently both their respective drafts, clear cut number one prospect, and many have even advanced to see that they are near generational talent. Both the prospect might not have the same draft here, but Oki fans have been comparing them ever since they started letting up their respective leagues last season. With both players making their national team roster for the upcoming World Junior Championship in Vancouver, I thought it would be a good idea to join the conversation and compare Hughes and Lafrenia. Let's start by looking at every aspect of the game. That means, skitting, shooting, passing, stigging, defensive play, physicality, Oki IQ and competitiveness. Let's immediately start with skitting. Hughes is an amazing and complete skater. He has a tremendous speed and a great agility that allows him to pass defense men like it's nothing. He has some slick edges that tells him to move around the eyes at his will and get a great balance. Not kidding, his edge work might be the best I've seen from any Alki player in the world. For many prospects, it's tough to get a lot of skating highlights, but for Hughes, he showcases generational skating on every shift. His quick turns and fluid stride are also a reason why I think Hughes as the potentials become the best complete skater of all time. Make David got this speed, Hughes the agility. Lafrenia has a nabove average speed at best. Although he can get break away with his good Oki senses, he will never all skate someone. His agility is great and he got some quick turns. His edge work is also good, but let's just see, it's quite far from Hughes level. The American center gets an easy win on this one. Let's pass to their shooting. Hughes has an incredible release. He can get a shot to the net from any position and can even surprise some goolies with his quick release. He prefers to use this wrist shot than Slav shot and rightfully so, as he got a very accurate one. His shot could use a bit more power, but overall it's already excellent. He currently got 10 goals and 25 games with the US NTDP U18 team. Lafrenia has a very complete goal scorer, as he can score from anywhere on the ice and with any type of shot. His release is just amazing. His snap shot can take him as low as 1.132 seconds to release, which is already in his shell numbers. His wrist shot is precise and powerful. He loves to go short side, but will adapt to the gooli positioning. He also owns a good shot on reception. He can find holes in goolies in breakaway or a score from tough and goal in the offensive zone. Whatever you give to Lafrenia, he will gladly accept it and score on you. He currently got 17 goals in 31 QMGHL games. Lafrenia gets the win on this one. Let's continue and look at their passing. Hughes is an excellent passer. He has a great vision that allows him to find teammates around the ice easy. He seems to know where his lends made or without even looking. And he is sometimes so confident in his passes that he will just look right in the open and size while distributing the puck. I would like to see him open deeply more in the neutral zone, as he can sometimes be a bit of a bug trying to go end when. He currently got 38 assists in 25 games with the US and TDP U-18 team. Lafrenia is an amazing passer. I don't recall seeing a prospect with such a good vision at a young age like the Canadian winner. He can find teammates around the ice so easily and seamlessly. He creates so many scoring chances for his teammate and he opens the play so well. Lafrenia can start deeply from the back end and finish it up front with just pro level passes. He has currently 37 assists and 31 Q&A games. Although Hughes is one of the best player maker of the 2019 draft, Lafrenia is just on another level. He takes the win on this aspect. Let's now take a look at their second thing. Hughes has some slick and fleshy hands that allows him to pull the eggs after the eggs and then go everybody on the ice. His quick mids and simminess, broken link makes him very tough to stop for any defenseman and he can sometimes get alone in front of the net because of it. He makes many unnecessary turnover trying too much digs but when he does succeed is move. It pays off. Lafrenia also got a lot of skills. With his quick and slick hands, he can go through defenseman with ease and get great scoring chances out of it. He has the ability to just mystify everyone on the ice with incurable moves. He also adapts his move to the open and positioning which else seems to become more effective. Lafrenia is able to create space for himself or a dodge poke check along the board. It's a very close call but I think I will have to give the edge to Hughes. A bit less effective right now but more potential. Let's pass to their defensive game. Hughes is very focused on his offensive play and sometimes forget to put effort to defend. With his good quickness, stick check and edges, Hughes has some defensive skills but he isn't as involved as I would want. I don't think it's that much of a problem but it's definitely one of his weaknesses. When the puck is recovered, he can restart the attack well with his passes and fluid skating so he just needs to get more involved down low. Lafrenia got an active stick defensively and with his great reading of the play, he blocks passing lane effectively. He back checks most of the time and gets involved in ball battles. Nothing special but definitely a step ahead of Hughes in this category so Lafrenia gets the nod. Let's now check out the physical aspect of the game. Hughes is 5 foot 10 and who is 168 pounds while Lafrenia is 6 foot 1 and weights 192 pounds at the moment according to Illiot Prospect. On the ice, Hughes clearly lacks a bit of strength. He still has a good balance thanks to his incudible edges but he doesn't get much involved in ball battles and strong defensemen have more ease stopping him. I'm not very concerned with that because country re-to-other small forward is great skating as him get out of tough situation and does his opinion but it is one aspect to work on. Once he starts putting more mass on his frame, his small size won't even be a subject of discussion anymore. Lafrenia has a great strain that ends him win four battles and protect his puck well. Lafrenia gets the easy win in this one. Let's continue on and look at their okay IQ. Hughes keep his head up to read every information available to him and adapts to it quickly. Although I would like to see him open deeply more often, Hughes manage to use his skill effectively. Lafrenia is this smartest 17 years old player I've seen. He thinks the game quicker and better than anybody on the ice. He is able to make the all opposing team think he's going for a shot and just feed his linemate with an inculcable scoring chance. He does that successfully every game. He also creates great pass and go that completely mystify goalies. It just knows what play to make before getting the puck. I sometimes cuff myself laughing at how ridiculous some of his plays are. Just look at this place. Those are not ordinary for D-2 prospects. He is not a puck I'll get out as he immediately passes the puck when he sees a teammate in a better position than him. He really plays well and can exploit riches in the opposing defense. Lafrenia wins easily. Finally, let's look at their competitiveness. Hughes put effort to recover the puck offensively, but back checks with less effort. Lafrenia puts effort in more battles but still has to work on back checking more often. I think both players have their strength and weaknesses in this aspect, so there is no real winner. With those results, Lafrenia seems to be the better prospect. Although I would agree, I think it's a way closer battle than this visual tells us. Hughes skating alone makes him a dominant force on the ice every game and that will still be the case at the initial level. That said, Lafrenia's Akiaku and Vision are already elite and any coach will die to have such a prospect on their lineup. Both players have a very similar sailing, but Lafrenia's game is just so complete that I would love to give him the edge. However, I personally think Hughes will be more dominant at the war junior this year with his flesh skating and thickened link, but that wasn't the initial question. Looking at the long run, I would totally select Lafrenia if both were available for my team. Anyway, would you prefer? A flashy, exciting, skill and generational now skater in Hughes are an amazingly smart but yet very skilled versatile offensive juggernaut in Lafrenia. Feel free to comment on who you would select out of the two and why. I'm very curious to know your opinion. Now that I have reviewed every part of the game, I'm very excited to see an embedded lead out at the war junior championship.