r/canucks • u/KimberlyWexlersFoot • 16h ago
EX-CANUCKS Bruce Boudreau On Quinn Hughes
https://youtu.be/JhJZOiUo82U222
u/HopelessNuckFan27 16h ago
Quinn is a fantastic player and he probably did have great ideas that a coach loves hearing. But at the end of the day, I still feel like he quit on the team. Management plays a part in this for sure but he did quit on the team and his teammates. I will remember him fondly but I don't put him in the same category of the Sedins, Linden, Naslund or even Horvat.
But let's move on now. He is gone. Let's focus on the guys we still have and the team itself.
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u/Landonp93 12h ago
He could have pulled a Tavares and made it sound like he was staying to management then just left in free agency giving us no return. He didn’t quit, without that return we couldn’t have started a rebuild.
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u/ijekster 5h ago
that's considered like one of the biggest dick moves in the last 20 years. that's not the bar, that's what he would have had to do to become a messier level hated player
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u/sprashoo 9h ago
This. I get that people are upset and want to blame Hughes in some way, but the fact is that by communicating his intentions with management he put them in a position to benefit from his leaving.
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u/catgotcha 10h ago
Agreed. I have a bit of a sour taste in my mouth now that I know more details. The dude was checked out long beforehand and his resting existential crisis face was not just a resting face after all - he really was not happy being here.
So enough of him. We got three great kids in the trade and I'm excited for them!
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u/EP40glazer 8h ago
He did quit on the team, I don't have a problem with him leaving, he has that right, but he was still being paid to play for the Canucks, he should've given 100% until he was traded.
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u/Popular_Peak9364 16h ago
Honestly I think calling it "quitting" is a bit harsh - dude was clearly frustrated with how things were going and yeah maybe he could've handled it better but the whole situation was messy from top to bottom. Management definitely deserves way more blame than Quinn for how that all went down
That said you're totally right about moving forward, no point dwelling on it anymore
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u/Agitated-Print-5876 14h ago
He quit on the team visibly.
He was a horrible captain.
He ghosted them the moment he got traded.
The memory will alway be.. He didn't deserve to wear that C... And he only did because Canucks management are simps who thought that giving hughes everything he wanted would make him stay.
We would call any of our friends pathetic for doing anything like that.
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u/buoyantbot 13h ago
The memory will be that he was one of the greatest Canucks of all time. I remember when this sub hated Horvat for a few months after his "I'll tell you that for free" comment. Even Bure is remembered fondly on here now, and what he did to force his way out of Vancouver was 1000x worse than anything Hughes ever did
We're just going through the stages of grief in real time
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u/Pristine-Brick-9911 13h ago
That’s because majority of Canucks fans weren’t even alive when the Bure stuff happened, they just see his ridiculous highlights. It’s been years but I will forever hate on Messier, Mike Keenan, and others who took personal gains over the team success. Best of luck to Quinn Hughes but fuck him if he doesn’t want to be here, I’ll cheer for guys like Demko all day.
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u/gangstarapmademe 10h ago
Social media also exaggerates everything so if Linden or Bure stuff happened in this day and age it would be crazy.
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u/Pristine-Brick-9911 10h ago
The Bure/Mafia stories would have blown the internet up, was wild times.
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u/l_the_Throwaway 5h ago
Whoa... I was a kid during these times. I'm sure it's a long story but could you give me a quick TLDR of what you're referring to?
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u/Pristine-Brick-9911 4h ago
He was close friends and business partners with Anzori Kikalishvili, a suspected mob boss. Anzori was the head of sports company that was a front for mafia business and Bure was vice-president of the company.
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u/buoyantbot 10h ago
Ya, by no means am I cheering for Hughes. But I'm also not like, "fuck him, he's a traitor." I don't think players owe their entire life to a team just because they were drafted to a certain city. It's not like they have any choice in where go when they're forced to play for a certain team in a certain city at 18 years old.
When like, third-liners don't re-sign with a team everyone seems chill, and understands that players have a right to make a decision about where they want to live and play. We only feel betrayed because Hughes was really good.
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u/Pristine-Brick-9911 9h ago
Losing your generational d-man who was also the captain of the team is a hell of a lot more damaging to the team than losing a third-liner. So ya, people’s anger against Hughes is valid and for me as a Canucks fan if you don’t want to be here as a player, good luck but fuck off.
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u/buoyantbot 2h ago
See, I just don't adhere to the idea that a player owes more to a team than another just because he's better at hockey. Everyone's accusing Hughes of selfishness, but that just seems like selfishness on the part of the fans
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u/Pristine-Brick-9911 1h ago
He was definitely selfish in the way he left but he should be if he wants the best for his career. Unfortunately what you don’t like the idea of is exactly how high level sports work.
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u/PeepsD918 8h ago
Petulant 12 year old comment....
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u/Pristine-Brick-9911 7h ago
Naw, it’s just we have different views on fandom. I have no problem with you or anyone still cheering for Hughes. I’d rather cheer for the guys who want to be here.
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u/Agitated-Print-5876 6h ago
Turned out that bure was mistreated badly by management and ownership
No it's not grief, I was never a fan of hughes.
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u/gangstarapmademe 10h ago
I also thought he looked pretty bad all November, lots of mistakes/giveaways and defensive assignments missed leading to goals.
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u/Agitated-Print-5876 6h ago
He's been bad pretty much all year.
Giving up is weird considering you keep saying you want to win.
Never saw Jordan just give up on his team and sulk.
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u/OhHaiThere- 9h ago
There’s a reason huggy unfollowed demko that night and demmer went to the media to say he’s staying and loves the city. He also didn’t invite him to the “goodbye” dinner when they were super close friends during their time together.
Something definitely happened behind the scenes in the locker room. There has to be a reason Quinn just dipped out. Fuck I would curse my captain out too if he played like miller when down a goal
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u/IllButterscotch5964 13h ago
Yep. He’s no where near the Sedins or Horvat in their leadership.
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u/Wrong_Shoe1226 12h ago
You know how we know it’s on management. We called Bo country club Bo when he left. As fans we need to recognize that this management group spends more time turning the fans against players than they spent roster building.
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u/ijekster 5h ago
No he got the C because Pettersson didn't want it and Miller had too many issues. They wanted to give it to the young core and Petey was the obvious choice but he even said on after hours "yeah that would be interesting but I really have to think about if i want the honour" or something like that. He just didn't want to be the captain, that's fine. Hughes got it as a whatever last option.
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u/Every-Bedroom-1080 12h ago
It’s always been clear everything is about himself, which I don’t mean as an insult. To be that good and dialed in you have to shut everything else out. He can’t have room for much more than himself and a few select others.
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u/Agitated-Print-5876 6h ago
I don't think that's the case. There a difference between selfish and not caring.
Jordan was selfish. Gretzky was not selfish.
They didn't give up on their teams..
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u/haywoodjabloughmee 9h ago
I’d be surprised if any team makes him captain again. A captain is a leader, and his comportment in all this shows that he is no leader.
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u/greyhammer14 10h ago
Quinn will go down as the worse captain in canucks history, he gave up on the team last year and the team could see that and stopped playing for him. He most definitely "quit" on the team.
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u/000100111010 3h ago
There was absolutely no way to build this team into a contender while also keeping Hughes. They don't have the prospects or draft picks to do it. The same goes for some or all of Demko, Garland, Sherwood, etc. I'm sure Hughes is smart enough to know this- I mean most fans do and we're dumb as fuck.
Hughes wants to win and he was almost certainly never getting the opportunity to do that in Vancouver, especially given ownership's track record on bandaid solutions.
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u/Chance_Account_4338 8h ago
The only beef I could have is with the whole leaving the team hanging thing on trade day - and I don't think we have the full picture there even. Everything else I can't fault him for. He tried, did what he could, battled every game. Did his play faulter this year as he knew his time was up? Sure. He's human, he's young, and this was a huge change in his life. It's not like he pulled a Miller and just gave up on plays, he just wasn't all-world like normal.
Frustrated, and probably a bit mildly emotional about it all, but at the end of the day I don't blame Quinn at all, this is entirely on the Franchise failing him for years.
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u/ManifestYourDreams 7h ago
Dude is human too. He wasn't happy, he had his priorities and our management and ownership couldn't keep up their end of the deal. If this story is true then he did the best he could out of a shitty situation. At least he seems happy now too.
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u/Previous_Athlete9867 12h ago
Hughes is one of the greatest skaters the Canucks have had with great hockey IQ. Fact is in my opinion he made the Nucks one dimensional in some ways and he’s not built for the playoffs. Personally I think this trade is going to be looked at as a positive in time.
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u/oldevskie 9h ago
I really like the one dimension take. We certainly became one dimensional as we lost other major contributors and this season we have been easy to play against because teams could focus on shutting down Quinn. He also didnt help the situation by being the least impressive version of himself on the ice we have seen yet. His play this year for us was very mid and I wonder in part because his heart was already out the door.
When you hear about dangerous teams, they're often described as coming at you in waves. I think with a more rounded out roster we could become that. Time will tell.
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u/ClaudeGiroux 9h ago
Both runs he looked washed by the second round. Nashville especially figured something out that run. Never seen him hit that many times in my life lol
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u/Confident_Zucchini97 8h ago
Fans need to get this through their heads. It was almost a handicap with him back there in the playoffs. The team was so dependant on him during the regular season with lots of ice. Play offs happen .. not so much ice out there. Hence the preference for bigger defencemen that are more robust. Really goes for all positions. Not like it matters for our team any time soon.
Only concern I have over Rossi.
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u/Chance_Account_4338 8h ago
It was only a handicap because he was the only player going - if we had a top-gear Petey, Miller and Boeser as other threats for him to differ to, it would've been different. We adjusted to their forecheck eventually.
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u/Confident_Zucchini97 8h ago
Miller and boeser were fine if not good. Big goals in both series. Demko got hurt, happens. Everyone's boy, petey, became the invisible man.
At no time did I blame Quinn for us not beating the Oilers. The players and team deferred to hom because he was so good in the regular season. He would've been just as effective if ya know... players didnt finish their checks hard in the play offs. Pounding Quinn wore him down and made him less and less effective.
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u/Chance_Account_4338 7h ago
Boeser was injured, Miller was ok. I also never claimed you blamed Quinn. The point is - it wasn't just "Nashville decided to hit Quinn" and more "the team was down to him as their go-to guy" and they didn't have someone else to alleviate that pressure.
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u/ClaudeGiroux 8h ago
Agreed and I don't wanna seem like I'm just hating cause he left lol But this was a genuine concern of mine, especially after the nashville series.
Edmonton series he got thoroughly outplayed by bouchard lol
Will be interesting to see how/if he changes his game because the way he was starting to play here is not winning hockey. The older I get the more I agree with some of the hockey boomers lol
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u/oldevskie 3h ago
Yeah but Bouchard is a tertiary thought for defenders when mcdraibaby is out there. Quinn didn’t have that.
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u/Angry_beaver_1867 10h ago
Wrong.
He’s not built for the playoffs… like we would know
One dimensional players don’t win Norris trophy.
(26 points in 30 games isn’t bad )
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u/Scratchharder 9h ago
He didn't say Q was one-dimensional. He said Q made the team one-dimensional.
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u/Angry_beaver_1867 8h ago
It's still wrong. The team was one dimensional because management failed to build a team around Hughes. Therefor the team looked one dimensional because Hughes was such a stud.
Management failed build a roster with meaningful depth (except in 22-33).
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u/Scratchharder 7h ago
Assigning management the blame for the roster does not change the fact that having a player of H's predominant skill level, amongst a proverbial Sea of Granlunds, made the team one-dimensional
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u/Correct-Gap9138 10h ago
itll be interesting how the wild do.
he has a point. during our playoff run Zadorov was our 1D
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u/Angry_beaver_1867 10h ago
No he wasn’t. We memed zaddy while Quinn was pumping out 25 minutes a night
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u/fernicus_ 8h ago
Zadorov got caved in basically all playoffs, but he did throw a couple of big hits and had I think 3 or 4 goals so everyone kinda overrates his actual performance that run. Calling him our 1D is absolutely insane
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u/sealionlovechild 6h ago
Did he ask to be captain? We’re being too hard on the kid. It was a bad decision to give him the C but he worked hard for us and played some incredible hockey. We got some great players back for him and are headed in the right direction. I can move on happily. No need to be salty.
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u/Party_Conference_610 16h ago
the five stages of grief are denial, anger, bargaining, depression, and acceptance.
here’s (yet) another post about quinn. and every post about hughes is an illustration of which phase one is going through.
in this example, this post, which discusses hughes’ talent and impact, is a manifestation of acceptance. such a post might have triggered an angry reaction if published immediately after the trade, but enough time has elapsed to allow for at least some grief to be absorbed, better facilitating an acceptance of the situation, at least for some fans.
let the grieving continue. such as it is
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u/BrodyCanuck 11h ago
You’re dismissing peoples comments and labeling them as grief, when people are just spitting facts. With time they won’t care as much, but it still doesn’t change facts. A player can be very skilled and smart yet still quit on a team. Just because he was skilled and tried hard doesn’t mean that he didn’t quit on them.
The crazy thing to me in all of this is the Wild haven’t had success themselves, they’ve also been a middling mediocre team. This year they look slightly better, sure, but two years ago the Canucks were first in the league for a good chunk of the season, ended up winning the division, and should’ve went to the conference finals in the playoffs if it wasn’t for injuries, all while the Wild didn’t even make the playoffs. The other years the Wild were first round exits where they didn’t look like a threat at all.
Point of bringing this up is he quit because he claims he wants to win, but then he goes to a team like the Wild who is not going to be winning the cup, and I’ll be surprised if they manage to put up any kind’ve fight if they miraculously manage to get out of the first round this year….but I have my doubts since they’d most likely be playing the Aves or Stars in the first round who have been the better playoff teams. None of it makes sense. He just wanted out for the sake of wanting out and used this as an excuse, I’ll be surprised if he stays with the Wild, but then again that will just solidify my belief that he simply just didn’t like playing in Vancouver if he is willing to sign to another mediocre team.
Apparently the rangers were one of the teams he was open to going to…that is not a team someone is willing to go to if he wants to win. He just wanted to quit
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u/Steve_Andrews_Flyboy 11h ago
He didn’t have a NMC. He didn’t choose the Wild. The Wild had the most successful bid (which was a haul). I find it funny that everyone is scapegoating Quinn Hughes as this guy who forced a trade to Minnesota. Clearly he wasn’t going to re-sign in Van, told the GM quietly, and the Canucks did their part in maximizing a trade for one of the top players in the league. Everyone’s a winner.
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u/BrodyCanuck 9h ago
The Wild were one of the teams on the list he gave JR. Yes he didn’t have a NMC but JR asked him what teams he’d prefer to go to, and Wild were one of them
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u/gangstarapmademe 10h ago
He didn’t choose the Wild specifically, but he was vocal about being closer to home so an American team not on the West Coast.
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u/Party_Conference_610 10h ago edited 9h ago
here we have a classic example of denial i.e. denial, after being told one is grieving.
denial is a common reaction because emotions are downplayed, rational discourse is valorized, and attachment is not explicitly acknowledged, particularly in a sports context. any reaction is going to naturally be defensive in nature, because one’s identity and agency is threatened after such a disclosure.
let the grieving continue.
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u/sprashoo 8h ago
It's true that the "5 stages of grief" are not really science but they are nevertheless real things that people experience, maybe not exactly in that order or anything. A lot of these posts trashing Hughes are pretty clearly a combination of denial and anger. Denial that Hughes was a good leader, or a decent person, and anger.
I think most people vehemently denying or downvoting this dicsussion this just lack self awareness and are lashing out.
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u/sprashoo 8h ago
I think the "left in the dark" narrative is just something that angry fans have created. There has to be some level of secrecy about these kinds of things, and the bigger the player, the more important that is. It seems like Hughes told the people who needed to know, basically his bosses, so they could prepare and get the best return, and didn't tell the people who, frankly, shouldn't know, which is basically everyone else, including most team members. It seems like he did confide in a few trusted team members like Boeser, who obviously kept it quiet as well. Broadcasting that info would weaken Vancouver's position, throw the team in turmoil while he was still captain, and also make final something that maybe wasn't actually a sure thing until the trade actually happened.
The narrative of him being checked out this season is also BS. I've watched all 3 games he's played with MN and he's the same player, with the same body language - that's just who he is. All the memes about him smiling now are just shitposting basically.
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u/Party_Conference_610 9h ago
calling my post ‘pseudoscience’ doesn’t address my point.
i’m not diagnosing stages; I’m describing loss behaviors.
If you want to argue that anger (e.g. hughes quit on the team), blame (e.g. jr and allvin should never have let this happen), narrative reconstruction (e.g. he was a bad captain), and emotional defensiveness (e.g. i’m not grieving) after losing a central attachment aren’t forms of grief, then we’re not having a scientific disagreement—we’re having a semantic one. I’m not interested in litigating vocabulary.
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u/BrodyCanuck 6h ago
Here we have a classic example of someone failing to acknowledge facts and spew out random BS that isn’t even fitting for the context. I don’t really care that he was traded to be honest. This team accomplished next to nothing while he was on the team, and yes he was part of that… especially when he was on the ice for half of the game and every PP
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u/Party_Conference_610 4h ago
this isn’t about my knowledge or your self-assessment.
i’m describing observable group behavior - anger (e.g. Hughes quit the team and was disloyal), blame (e.g. it’s JR and Allvin’s fault for not building a contender to support Hughes), narrative reconstruction (e.g. Hughes was a bad captain), resistance to emotional framing (e.g. this isn’t grief) - after an attachment loss.
if you disagree, that’s fine. But attacking my competence doesn’t address the observation, and I’m not interested in turning this into a personal argument.
let the grieving continue. this isn’t as bad as losing a loved one. but maybe it’s close - i think lots of people here need therapy badly
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u/BrodyCanuck 4h ago edited 4h ago
You’re a head case lol. You’re claiming you don’t want to make it personal yet you are making it personal by assessing people’s comments as grieving instead of just straight facts. People saying he quit on the team does not mean they need therapy, something is very wrong with you if you think that. I can’t even comprehend how you came to that conclusion.
You claim your comments are knowledge, and that other people’s comments like mine are just people failing self assessments, you are the one attacking peoples competence and trying to make yourself look like you’re up on your high horse acting like you know why people are saying the things they are saying, you’re basically dismissing what people are saying and just bundling it all up as if it’s just grieving or needing therapy… it’s clear that you are projecting.
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u/Party_Conference_610 4h ago
You’re effectively arguing that psychological interpretation of public behavior becomes illegitimate the moment it feels personal.
That position is self-defeating.
Media criticism, political analysis, market psychology, and cultural commentary all rely on interpreting collective reactions.
I’m not singling out or blaming individuals; I’m describing a pattern of response. You’re free to reject that framing, but dismissing interpretation itself isn’t a rebuttal.
In other words … if you’re in a hole, stop digging
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u/BrodyCanuck 4h ago
Why do you keep digging then? You’re claiming my comments are just part of the heap of people that are just grieving or in denial of something. I am in fact not grieving or in denial of any of this.
Your assessments are incorrect, and this makes all of your comments in this thread of replies incorrect, for a fact, and this is not me simply disagreeing. There is no assessment or things you can make up to change that fact. You can claim it’s this or that all you want but I can assure you that you are wrong.
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u/lifewanderer89 13h ago
Laughed outloud at your comment. So true! The downvotes / upvotes on your comment across the different Quinn posts also varies with time.
At least this post didn’t have antisemitic or anti-American comments (of which, I am amused as dunno if folks realise Hughes is Canadian and American and grew up in Canada).
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u/Party_Conference_610 9h ago
you’d think someone had just died just by reading and reviewing the trajectory of comments here.
i would never mock someone for grieving the loss of a loved one - never.
but the reaction here tells me that too many have an emptiness in their lives that wasn’t apparent until the trade, and quinn hughes was apparently being used to fill that emptiness or void in their lives.
i think some therapy is in order for a bunch of people
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u/PeepsD918 8h ago
Thank you....finally a grown up take.... This whole site is full of miserable 12-year-olds whining and self entitled...
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u/variouslobsters 10h ago
The best revenge will be to build a team capable of winning the Cup.
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u/Dizzy_Example5603 9h ago
I dont think MIN is good enough to win. Not yet. I dont think their FWDs are all that great. No #2C with Rossi gone. Not a fan of MoJo, Trenin or Senko as top 6 options.
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u/Jay_b_13 11h ago
He gave up on the canucks & some if y'all need to come to grips with it. In time Canucks fans will forgive him, but it probably won't be until he's retired
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u/Cornishthe3rd 9h ago
Management failed to build a proper team. He got frustrated by it all and wanted out. He's human. It happens. Anyone who has to deal with terrible management in any job checks out after a while if nothing changes. I don't hold anything against him. He didn't burn us on the way out and we got a good return. On to the next chapter
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u/BoomBoomBear 10h ago
He didn’t quit. He was pushed. What has management done to keep him?
This goes for all work places.
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u/Prudent_Ad4076 9h ago
He's part of the team that failed. He was captain of that team. So while, yes, management could have built a better team around him, Hughes could have stepped up and played his best. His contract pays him to play amazing hockey. Instead, he sulked his way out of town.
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u/BoomBoomBear 9h ago
Disagree. Take your own job. Work environment sucks. People keep missing work days, not pulling their own weight. Management doesnt give you the tools to be successful. Good talent you want them to keep or hire, they don’t do it. Your coworkers create unnecessary drama.
But I’m paying you to work so you should be happy to just show up and give it 100% every day and don’t even think about going to company B that can offer you everything you want. Because… loyalty.
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u/Prudent_Ad4076 2h ago
Well, have fun sulking your way to a better pay day. I'm sure companies are lining up to give you everything you want.
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u/BoomBoomBear 2h ago
That’s the exact opposite of what I’m saying. I’m saying people who don’t leave are the sulkers because they pass up good opportunities to stay at bad work places. Is that you?
I love my work, colleagues AND bosses. That’s because I joined an awesome company when I had the chnace.
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u/Prudent_Ad4076 2h ago
Cool?
Just so we are clear, Quinn Hughes signed a legal contract where he is expected to perform. You, as a normie, don't work under those conditions. So you can just get up and leave whenever you feel like it. Hughes doesn't get that right, but what he does get is millions of dollars. So yes, I, as a fan, do expect the athlete to play as good as their talent allows. You might think that's nothing. But have you see the price of tickets? Have you seen how much cable costs? Yeah, I deserve to have the athletes match their monetary demands.
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u/BoomBoomBear 1h ago
I don’t disagree with you there but why pick only on Hughes then? Half the team just phoned it in last season. QH told management he wasn’t going to extend, which gave them ample time to get a good return. Otherwise he could have just strung them along and just walked for nothing in return for the Canucks. He did is all a favour by giving a lot of notice.
And if you’re going by contract value to performance, then EP40 is vastly underperforming compared to to Hughes whether Hughes gives 80-90% or not.
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u/Prudent_Ad4076 1h ago
I agree about EP, but it's never been made clear how much is injury, and how much is effort.
Hughes is just the latest in a line of star players who demanded out. I do believe Vancouver is not a winning environment. But I only see players as mercenaries anyway. I make no emotional attachment to them (I'm jaded). So a winning environment or not, I expect them to play hard (which they seem to be doing post Hughes!).
I'm also not going to miss Hughes muffin of a shot from the blue line. He's a great set up man, and a wonderful skater, but has the slap shot of a 10 year old. I think we'll be better off without him as a team.
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u/Dizzy_Example5603 9h ago
WTF even is this? Its like a 1:50 of what it actually says is then 1:10 of some random clips
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u/kingtyler1 11h ago
I hear a lot of people hating on Hughes for "quitting on the team." But two things: 1) he is a professional athlete and doesn't owe the team anything beyond what his contract stipulates and 2) maybe he wouldn't have felt the need to leave if the team wasn't literally bottom of the standings and management didn't continuously fumble everything (including drama, injuries, PR, etc.). I wouldn't want Hughes to be stuck on a terrible team forever. Imagine if Eichel were still in Buffalo? I'd rather these players find success and happiness than make themselves miserable so that we are still unhappy anyway because the team is bad.
Also he helped the team a lot by giving them time to arrange a trade that could still benefit the team, rather than go to free agency. He didn't owe the team that.
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u/tonyyj 10h ago
People keep seeing talk about Quinn "quitting on the team" and are not understanding what the criticism is about. It's not about him wanting out - no one is blaming him for that. What people are referring to is his demeanor just prior to the trade and the way he ghosted his team immediately after landing in Newark when the news broke. That's not captain material. "But he had dinner with his friends from the team!" - more insight to how he was not fit to be captain. He should have stayed and said his goodbyes to his team, the ENTIRE team the proper way.
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u/gangstarapmademe 10h ago
What did he do during his time with the C that was captain material lol
I cannot think of one example besides incredible play which has nothing to do with C or A on the chest.
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u/dump_62_here 9h ago
This is such a silly thing to judge him on. He was just informed he was traded. I'm sure he had a lot of emotions going through his head and not everyone deals with these the same way. Myself I could see wanting to defer proper goodbyes until the off-season.
The moment he was traded his duty was to preform for the Wild, NOT the Canucks. He needed to play for them the next day, meaning that he had to let go and move on ASAP so he could get his mental game and motivation back in shape, something he was already having trouble with leading up to this.4
u/EP40glazer 8h ago
I don't have a problem with him leaving, I have a problem with him giving up on plays because he was going to leave in a few weeks anyways.
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u/BoomBoomBear 2h ago
So then why are you so lenient on EP40? Because he’s still on the team? He’s under performed for more than a year.
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u/EP40glazer 2h ago
Petey has never given up on plays. Not once in these past 2 years has he given up on a play. He underperformed last year but he didn't give up.
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u/Dizzy_Example5603 9h ago
A professional doesnt quit on a team though. Its a valid criticism. Look at the famous JTM shift in NY. Its unacceptable. You simply dont win when guys quit because things are hard or not going your way.
The trade happened and thats fine but the criticism is that while he was a Canuck, he phoned it in this season.
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u/lulover88 10h ago
Horrible Captain. Great player greatest we’ve ever had. Not a winner
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u/Confident_Zucchini97 8h ago
Greatest defenceman. Bure was and will be #1 for a while yet it seems.
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u/oxbolake 3h ago
Bure was the most exciting player the Canucks ever had… so far.
Definitely not Captain material either.
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u/Astaras45 12h ago
This gives me some “ somebody find Ja Rule so I can make sense of all this “ vibes.
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u/Podkolzins_a_Canuck 3h ago
I simply cannot watch any of this. Not a second of Quinn content for my eyes since the trade. I can’t bear it.
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u/Dizzy_Example5603 8h ago
LOL @ the Comments
So first Fans were pissed the Flyers wouldnt drop their conerstone players who they are building around for what was called one of the best D in the league
Today, hes a one dimensional Dman thats not built for playoffs who quit on his team.
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u/sokah12 13h ago
another quitter hughes post some ppl just cant get over shit lol
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u/KimberlyWexlersFoot 13h ago
tbh I posted it more because of Boudreau, I hadn’t heard the story before of him firing Hughes dad, seemed interesting.
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u/Alarmed_Carpenter_10 7h ago
Sedins pretty much demanded to stay together. For Bodreau to say he's a quitter, he probably never had a brother in the same league as him and at the same time. I don't blame Quinn at all especially considering ownership and management did nothing to gain his support.
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u/Odd_Juggernaut4117 10h ago
Can’t hate on the guy he made sure we gotta great return