The Vancouver Canucks missed the playoffs this season and it seems as though they will head back to the drawing board in hopes of making it back into contention next season. With rumours circulating about forward Brock Boeser testing the open market and hitting free agency, fans have begun to question if the team is headed toward a rebuild. Some recent comments from President of Hockey Operations Jim Rutherford didn’t make things any easier, as he dropped an interesting tidbit of information about captain Quinn Hughes.
“It may not boil down to money with [Quinn]. He said before he wants to play with his brothers, and that would be partly out of our control. In our control [is] if we brought his brothers here,” said Rutherford.
The comments took fans around the league by surprise, with some calling for the Canucks to face discipline for tampering, considering his statement hints that he wants to bring Jack and Luke Hughes to Vancouver. However, fans seemed to focus more on the first part of his comment, which was that while the team wants to keep their captain as a member of the Canucks, it may not boil down to money and indicated they may not be able to convince him to stay.
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All things considered, it seems as though there is some doubt from Canucks management regarding Hughes’ future in Vancouver. I don’t see a world where the Canucks can acquire both of his brothers from the New Jersey Devils, considering their value to their team as they try to remain in contention, it wouldn’t make sense for them to move on from two of their most important players. That leaves one more possibility, the Canucks trading Quinn to the Devils.
Is a Quinn Hughes Trade Possible?
Some fans around the league, including myself, have begun to wonder if a Quinn Hughes trade is possible after the comments from Rutherford. The thing with something like that is that a lot of things need to go right for the Devils to have a chance at acquiring him and reuniting the brothers. Hughes would have to be willing to go to free agency when his contract is up, and make it known to management to give them the chance to move him, the Devils would also have to be willing to move a lot of assets to bring in a player of that caliber.
On top of all of that, the Devils would have to find a way to clear…
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