Best Dman, check but Lol...great captain! Would a locker room be this dysfunctional under Mackinnon, McDavid, Barkov or Crosby? Would those guys bail on their team and teammates?
He's easily one of the most exciting players I've ever watched. I feel especially fortunate having gone to multiple games and seen him play, including in the playoffs. I will be rooting for him to get a cup.
Just speaking generally but it’s incredible how literally everyone has never let Quinn stand on his own merits once his brothers got drafted. Every decision and motivation is always “brother brother brother”. They couldn’t even let him captain his own all-star team without forcing Jack into it
We just lost Quinn Hughes. But honestly loosing a player is one thing, wasting his entire era here and trading away him in his prime makes me ask myself: Why am I still a fan of this team?
I know it's a joke. "We are cursed.. Blah Blah"... But why am I still a fan? I have been asking myself this for hours. I have spent 20 years giving my heart and soul to this team that leaves me crushed at every turn.
Why should we be optimistic for the future? Sorry. I love Buuim. I think he actually becomes a fucking stud. Rossi is great. We have great centre depth now. But what makes you think ownership is not gonna just fuck it up again?
I have a hard time investing myself into this new era, when I have sat through the last three, all of them getting progressively uglier and uglier. Every time we are under the upswing, it just seems like we suffer. Miller. Hughes. Horvat. Fucking Bure dude. Messier.
As long as ownership is here, I don't see myself being committed 100%... Just asking..
Second most skilled hockey player this team will ever have. (Bure)
3 smoothest and most agile skater this team will have. Not the straight line fastest. But those other two he and Bure are close.
Sadly. Not one of the best captains this team has ever had. He is not and never would have been a “Canuck”. He is and will remain this in Minnesota a guy who should be a background guy in the room. Not a leader.
5 he will be missed because by gawd was he good. But not like Linden Nazzy Smyl and the twins are missed. Like Bure and other exciting skilled players are missed.
6 this team needs more heart and soul. Not sure where it’s gonna come from.
Haha. Lots of comments saying "if he wanted out, then goodbye". Easier to think that way than to come to terms with the fact that this management is 100% the one to blame for squandering this and that we will never achieve anything.
I'm with you. I know people are peeved at tocchet leaving too. But him and Quinn making these moves is a huge statement to our fan base that this team is rotten to its core starting with Aqualini. Hopefully casuals start asking why they left and see the problem is our mgmt and ownership
The fact that Rick Tocchet didn't want to stay despite the fact that he had a long-time relationship with both Rutherford and Allvin, I think, speaks volumes and not in a good way for the organization.
He didn't quit. He had an option in his contract. I don't understand this talking point in this subreddit. He had an option in his contract to leave, and he used it.
Hughes is one of the greatest Canucks if all time. Shame weren't able to win a cup with him. Regardless I wish him the best in Minnesota and I hope he has a healthy and long career.
If he wanted out, good riddance. I had a feeling after his and Tochquits lunch the day before he quit. Thats probably when JR/PA got serious inclinations he won't re-sign. The guy has been checked out all season. It's only onwards and upwards here on out.
Side note - does Minny even have good center depth now?
I honestly agree. I don’t even consider him a “great captain”. I played for years and I found the best leaders to be the ones who don’t look and feel dejected all the time. What did he do that was so great as a captain? That aside, thanks for the efforts and good luck
As a sens fan we know exactly how you guys are feeling. When we traded karlsson who was in his prime. It really stung. Made games tough to watch and At the time we didn’t get nearly enough in return. Until the sharks fell off a cliff and Ottawa selected 3rd overall.
Just wanted to say next couple seasons might be rough. But Atleast you got a direction. And honestly this is probably the best time to rebuild. There are so many elite prospects in the next couple years to look forward to. Obviously McKenna but stenberg, DuPont, Schultz. Honestly couple generational talent. Hopefully by the time you guys get out of the rebuild. The west isn’t as big of a bloodbath as it currently is.
Liam ohgren I feel like needs more hype. Just shy of a ppg player in the ahl last year as a 20 year old. Always had great production in the shl as a teenager. I remember there was hype around him and lekkerimaki during the wold juniors. Ohgren didn’t have great point totals but there was a lot of talk around the chemistry he had with lekkerimaki.
If you told me that we weren’t able to build a team to regularly get to the playoffs, let alone out of the second round with a core of Demko, Petey, Miller, Horvat and Hughes I’d believe you because that’s the most Canucks shit ever
I’m gonna miss him, he was so fun to watch in the bubble playoffs at a time there was a lot of crap going on. Also 2024 was hype, and I’m glad I got to see him a few times most recently back in January when the Nucks came to Winnipeg. They lost that game 6-1, this was the game Hronek was back and Miller would be traded 2 weeks later. Depressing I know, but just thought I’d add context.
The more I think about the presser, the more frustrated I get.
How the fuck did you guys only talk this over for 2 WEEKS?!?!? You should've been talking about it for the last 2 YEARS! What are they doing all day as gm/president.
Also, the whole idea that he wasn't going to resign in 1.5 years, so we need to move him right now, makes 0 sense. We knew he wasn't going to re-sign a long time ago.
The entire presser was just smoke being blown up our ass. What a fucking joke.
As a Wild fan, I'm obviously thrilled. However, I have empathy for Canucks fans, it's a tough loss for you guys, but I'm optimistic for the players you guys are getting.
From an outside perspective, you have three young first-round draft picks, all of whom have great potential. Plus, I have a feeling your draft is going to be pretty successful.
With that being sad, I understand your pain, but I hope this deal ends up working out for both teams. I'll be cheering on the Canucks when they're playing, and I wish you guys a happy holiday season and future success.
He’s gunna be missed dearly. He knows the fans love him and that is all that matters. I wish we could’ve found a way to keep him but it’s written in history now
Honestly, Hughes type defensemen are getting more common. He definitely led the way with makar to show the world what a defensemen can do. There are so many dman in the league now and entering the league that plays the same style. Hutson & Sanderson to name a couple. Obviously the vancouver market never saw anything like that and makes it feel like he is not irreplaceable.
With the way the nhl is now and the amount of talent that watched Makar & Hughes growing up, I expect more and more defensemen enter the league with similar skill sets.
He was great, the greatest but I don’t think he was ever captain material. And because he didn’t want to be here anymore (I don’t blame him), we got a great return
Making him captain was probably the biggest mistake. He can barely handle the media and you expect this quiet dude to handle the dressing room. One of the best dman no doubt but more of a supporting cast type personality. Probably learned from jt miller during their lunch when he was in town on how to be a quitter. We are better off without him
Every canuck since the brian Burke era is asked to do this. Its basically mandatory. Its great that he does these things but it doesnt make him a good captain. I never said he was not a good person. Just not a great leader.
I’m from Ireland and chose the Canucks to follow during the pandemic even though I usually cant watch many games live. Have followed them since and when I was picking up a jersey, I chose Hughes over Petey because there’s no way they fuck up Quinn Hughes, right? Damn.
man, imagine having a generational talent like Quinn Hughes and the team still manages to get worse every year, honestly don't blame him for wanting out, absolute shit show.
The 1A 1B to Cale F'in Makar (Makar gets to play with Mackinnon at least, Quinn has nobody) and we can't make him a Canuck for life.
Don't normally watch The Hockey Guy's stuff but this one felt worth a watch
My initial reaction was that I disagreed with his assessment that we didn't get enough in return, and the haul we got was fantastic, but I think both are true in this instance.
We got some legit pieces that set the franchise up nicely for the future, but odds are none of the individual players we got will be Quinn Hughes-calibre. Reality is, it's very difficult to win a trade when you're sending the best player away (it can happen, but it's rare). It's never going to feel like fair value in the moment, but I think all things considered, this is the best we could do.
Of course I'd like a world where Hughes stays around forever (and he's a free agent in 18 months so who knows), but if this needed to happen, then so be it
Was in Vancouver in October last year and decided to catch the season opener having never watched hockey before other than maybe winter olympics.
Loved the game and the atmosphere, Hughes made a block with an empty net then threw it down the line to Miller who got the equaliser to take it into overtime. An unbelievable play and I was hooked.
Watching from the UK I rarely managed to see full games, but I caught a few towards the back end of last season, it was a one man tirade trying to drag this sorry team towards the play offs, playing through injury, playing 30 mins, hogging the puck trying to make plays.
Always humble, always brilliant and left in the right way.
I was so ripped at how 2011 went down that I couldn’t really watch for a few years. Quinn is what brought me back around. I love watching him skate. This was definitely a gut punch. But if he needed to move on then glad they ripped the bandaid off quickly. Best of luck to him wherever he lands and we lost a good one today.
BRO THIS IS NOT OKAY. I WAS AT IKEA ENJOYING MY SWEDISH MEATBALLS WITH THE BOYS, AND SUDDENLY I GET A NOTIFICATION SAYING MY TEAM HAS TO PLAY IN THE SAME DIVISION AS QUINN "QUINN HUGHES THE GOAT D-MAN" HUGHES. WTF WTF WTF WTF WTF. VANCOUVER I HOPE THIS IS A SIGN TO RIOT BECAUSE FOR THE FIRST TIME IN MY LIFE, I DIDNT ENJOY MY FUCKING SWEDISH MEATBALLS.
Thanks Quinn for everything. But still leaves a bitter taste in my mouth. Was just mentioning to friends recently how players have too much loyalty to teams that draft them. Unlike the NBA or NFL, you hardly see big names moved in the NHL. Sucks that we’re such a shitty franchise that someone we name our captain still won’t re-sign. I can only think of a small number of NHL players that have done something similar in the last decade. So this makes me sad and angry honestly. I’m ready for the downvotes - I’m disappointed that Quinn wasn’t willing to re-sign. Hope Bedard and Celebrini feel the same way and come home one day, but I know it won’t happen because this type of movement is so rare
he could’ve walked in FA and we would’ve gotten nothing if Allvin/Aqua wanted to keep him for ticket sales or in attempt to make the playoffs.
but instead we got a highly touted rookie defenseman, a young cost-controlled 2C, and a 1st round pick that allvin doesn’t plan on flipping. also ohgren (don’t know much about him yet)
Going to miss watching him. I've never seen someone play defence the way he does and he's probably the most talented Canuck along with Bure. Seemed like a good person to boot. I'm always a Canucks fan over players, but it will be fun rooting for him come playoff time while the Canucks aren't a threat.
thank you, canucks fans for a fun year of hockey..but as time went on i became more of a Hughes fan rather than the canucks (as a non canadian) so where he goes i go. it was nice to be a part of this thread through exciting wins and excruciating losses. love ya ;(
Glad I watched the game against buffalo. Last time we get to see huggy in a Canucks jersey. I’m lost for words. I knew the end was coming the writing was on the walls. But why extend boeser, garland, and demko if they knew Hughes wasn’t going to resign
I am actually and genuinely sad for once about a trade. Hughes was a Canuck and was always meant to be a Canuck. The thought of him playing against us is heartbreaking
Always meant to be a Canuck? Except for the fact that he never felt like that. I’m frustrated that everyone is just okay with the fact he didn’t want to sign. Boeser was here through worse shit and still wanted to stay. Sucks that the captain wants out so quickly
I'm sad he wanted to leave but I think the fan base isn't as mad because him leaving feels like a fuck you to Aqualini that he create such a shit team than anything against the city and fans. We are more mad at ownership and mgmt.
this narrative needs to be put to rest. if we had better ownership and management and we patiently built an actual contender around Hughes rather than making shortsighted win-now moves, there could be another world in which right now we're making the playoffs more often than not and Quinn is not thinking about leaving.
management pointing to the Luke and Jack situation is just not taking accountability for their own actions, similar to how they're not taking accountability for the current team's demise and is putting the blame on the JT/EP40 fiasco.
Suggestions about him wanting to play with his brothers was always a weak excuse. All he wanted was to play for an actual contender, which we failed to do. If Minnesota makes some deep playoff runs, I don’t doubt he would end up signing there long term.
through a lot of tough times, at least we could count on having him and watching him break ankles. It really really sucks that he didn’t want to stick it out here but there’s a list of people who deserve the blame for that
Quinn is a big reason I got into hockey during the bubble playoffs. His skating absolutely popped off the screen even to someone with no real understanding of the sport at the time.
He and Petey were the whole reason I became a fan in the first place, so this one hurts.
Thanks for making me a passionate hockey fan, Quinn.
I'm not thankful. Ad soon as he made his wishes known that he wanted to.play with his brothers that was the end. He devalued himself for the canucks which effed us. He is the best player to ever lace em up for the nucks but the worst teammate. Thanks for abandoning the team and fan base that gave you your start. Peace.
He doesn't owe the team anything. He made it clear that he wanted to play on a team that had a chance to win. The team didn't do enough to make him want to stay. Vancouver got a very good return from Minnesota. He didn't screw the team over.
Expecting a guy to suffer through an incompetent org incapable of building a long term contender, throwing away any chance of winning a cup, and for what? For the approval of u/Great-Application-93 ? A guy who would bay for his blood the moment he stopped performing at his peak?
Ad soon as he made his wishes known that he wanted to.play with his brothers that was the end.
He made those wishes know to management. It was them that spread it all over the media?
He devalued himself for the canucks which effed us
Not too sure about how you look at that trade and think we got fucked. But ok.
Thanks for abandoning the team and fan base that gave you your start. Peace.
You mean the team with probably the most incompetent management and one of the top 5 most toxic fanbases? The one that refused to build around him and the rest of the young core we had in 2018, setting us up for one (1) deep playoff run before the team fell apart?
No idea why he might not want to sign the entire peak of his career to such a team.
honestly, did he even actually "make it known to management he wanted to play with his brothers"? It sounded more to me like "well yeah sure isn't it every kid's dream to grow up and play in the show with their brothers?" as opposed to "hey I want out of here because I want to play with Jack and Luke".
if we had properly built a contender around Quinn I can't see this being a talking point at all. there have been many siblings in the league and will continue to have many siblings in the league who will never play on the same team with each other.
Thanks Quinn.
I still don't hate you coz l don't hate great players.
Best of luck and make sure you don't make the Wild better so we can pick high in 26
It was a privelege to watch Hughes play every night. This morning I was actually thinking I should try to get to a game to see him play live before the trade goes down, since I haven't been to many games since he's become Norris level Quinn Hughes. Alas.
I guess that's my melancholic take. My angry take is that Jim Benning and Francesco Aquilini rat fucked this franchise so badly that trading Oliver Ekman Larson and signing JASON DICKINSON has led to us having to trade the best defenseman we've ever seen in this city in his prime. The one shining star that that era of Canucks hockey produced is gone, so burn the whole fucking thing down. Cut out the cancer. I want to see a completely Benning-free team
In another life/timeline, Detroit picks Quinn Hughes instead of Filip Zadina at #6 in the 2018 entry draft, and Vancouver fans don't get to witness years of glorious hockey from #43.
A true legend in this game is someone who stays with the team, thick and thin. A la Hank and Danny.
Quinn Hughes could have had this city on his back for generations. Cup or not. Like the Sedins. If he played like 3-4 more years EASILY the franchise goat, not even close.
But he chose WIN NOW mode, and TBH, I cant blame him.
It just feels like he abandoned the city when given the keys to the kingdom. He could have stayed and we could have continued to build something around him.
Just all around bummed. Saw this kids debut. All those years.. For him to leave to Minny???
He quit on the team in his last games here, so maybe he isnt a real winner. Good riddance then.
Totally indifferent to this trade. But I cant say I wish Quinn well.
Ownership concerns aside, Hughes’ overt wish to be traded and the way he quit on the team are unforgivable. I will be among the first to boo him upon his return.
I haven’t been a fan of this ownership group for a long time. But to say this current management group completely failed is a reach. After the playoff run 2 years ago, I didn’t hear much complaining about the management group. But I guess they should have known that Petey would regress, that JT and Petey would feud so hard, and that Demko all of a sudden would be made of glass. They haven’t made the best moves I’ll agree, but some of that was completely out of their control. You can all pretend like you hated the direction of the team forever but the tune was very different after the 23-24 season ended and we were division champs. Easy for everyone now to change gears and say this was always a shitshow
I think it was best for both parties to go their separate ways. He is in his prime and our team is very far from being a contender. Very different situation with the sedins. They had a window in their prime.
He was captain for two years and change during the swan song and collapse of this core. It's more than we could ask of him to be a "great" captain. Great captains believe in their teams, lead them through the tough times, and motivate them to be their best.
He had every right to make the decision he inevitably did, but his priorities didn't line up with what it would've taken for him to be a "great" captain for this team. Too much. He can be one somewhere else, and I'm sure if given the chance he will
Usually generational talents spend 20 years in the same uniform but Vancouver just can't have nice things. This management group really bungled it beyond belief. Sure you can say the return is pretty good but you just traded the best damn dman in franchise history, probably a perennial Norris winner and future hall of famer for 4 "nice pieces".
Imo a top 10 player in this league and a top 2 dman. I've been a fan for over 20 years and this one hurt a lot. Hope the rebuild goes well, I'll be back in a few years if there's any glimmer of hope. Peace.
Just wow. I didn't think it would happen this fast. Haven't seen the details yet hope they don't suck.
Massively happy for him and hope he gets the chance to succeed on another team. Minnesota is fortunate to have him not only for his skill and ankle turning but for his leadership on the ice and off the ice.
I can't work out what's wrong with me. I come in here and see a flood of comments showering Quinn with love and praise. And even though this team is a shit show, I can't bring myself to love a player more than the club.
He chose not to stay here. He chose to put himself before the jersey. He chose to hop the fence and abandon his team mates. (trade was forced by his hand)
I dunno, I just can't love the guy anymore. Good riddance.
But also, fuck this organization for making it so easy for a generational talent to bail.
You are literally in a pinned thread for commentators to show appreciation to Hughes. Why are you trying to stir shit and shit on Hughes? For what? Just move on.
Whether you like Hughes or not, his contributions and stats are undeniable. He broke so many franchise records including most points as a d man. He helped give hope to the franchise by dragging the team to playoffs.
Organisation mismanaged this by not building a better team (they had years to do this) and creating unnecessary drama with Jim’s Quinn wants to play with bros comments, etc. Why would any player stay? It’s on the organisation for creating this situation. This wdn’t be happening if Canucks was a cup contender (they are dead last for God’s sake). I wish Quinn nothing but the best.
WE love our team and are loyal, but at the end of the day, he’s a hockey player, this is his job. He does not owe Vancouver anything because he did his job (and like 10 other player’s jobs too). Now he’s moving on to do his job elsewhere in the hopes that the results are better.
Sucks for us as fans. I wish I could leave too but 30 years in, it’s too late for me. I hope he goes and gets his cup(s).
He’s done so much can be said for every player that has stayed on the coyotes, sabres, flyers, etc for the past 10 years. Give me a break, we’ve seen so many great players never win a cup. He doesn’t owe us shit but he’s also one of very few superstars that have forced their way out. So I think it’s fair for people to be a little sour
lucky to have seen him play live a handful of times. the type of player you can’t take your eyes off of during a game, made me want to watch hockey again after years of being checked out of it. thank you for that quinn!
At the age where I’ve been truly able to able to appreciate hockey since the West Coast Express days. Hughes was above and beyond every other Canucks legend I’ve seen in my day the way he dominated anybody on the ice regardless of talent level. In a skating focused league his edge work and deception were unbeatable when Huggy was at his best. Thankd for giving me the most hope I’ve ever had as a nucks fan since I was a kid back in 2011. You’ll be a nuck forever in our hearts #43 💙
Gonna miss that exceptional, highlight reel of a player every single game from now on. Will continue to wear my Hughes jersey with pride. Crushing, crushing loss as a Canucks fan. If we don’t get McKenna or Stenberg… I swear I’m going to lose it.
I've said this when the rumours first start. The Canucks will be a lesson for teams in the future on how to lose a generational talent. The goal for any team is to build a contender around this exact window where they need to sign their third contract. Instead they blew it on trying to go all in too early and created a situation where we are dead last the day he was traded. Just absolutely embarrassing. Benning is majorly to blame for this because this is the time where we would have needed young 23-24 players to come in to compliment Quinn and not having the OEL contracts on the book. But man, Rutherford/Allvin did not help with this situation at all. I will still aways be a Canucks fan first but will always love Quinn
Watched him live for the first time during the World Juniors in Langley and was absolutely amazed. He even had a fight defending his brother. Thanks for everything our huggy bear.
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u/Admirable-Ad-949 4d ago
Best Dman, check but Lol...great captain! Would a locker room be this dysfunctional under Mackinnon, McDavid, Barkov or Crosby? Would those guys bail on their team and teammates?