on Sportsnet 590<\/a>, following one of the biggest trades in recent NHL memory.<\/p>\nBrisson applauded the Canucks for how great they were to deal with throughout the process that saw Hughes get shipped to Minnesota.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt wasn\u2019t an easy decision, and I must admit, the [Canucks] organization was very classy along the way,\u201d Brisson said during the radio hit.<\/p>\n
\u201cFrom Francesco Aquilini, to Jim [Rutherford] and Patrik [Allvin], working with us and quite frankly, if I can say this, if the deal didn\u2019t make sense, in other words, if it was something Quinn wasn\u2019t going to be happy with, I\u2019m pretty sure they would have moved in a different direction.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThey worked extremely well with us, as if we had a no-trade clause, almost.\u201d<\/p>\n
Of course, Hughes didn\u2019t have a no-trade clause, meaning the Canucks had the freedom to shop him around with 31 other NHL teams.<\/p>\n
Brisson later clarified the level of his involvement.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe don\u2019t get involved in which player goes where, with picks and that, but we did have a lot of open conversations about destinations and where he could potentially land. The communication was extremely open between us and the Canucks.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWe knew which team was in and which team wasn\u2019t as interested,\u201d he said. \u201cWe were very involved that way, and I give the canucks a lot of credit for that because it helps the process because sometimes, we\u2019re brokers in what we do.\u201d<\/p>\n
There could be two different viewpoints with Brisson\u2019s comments on the Canucks.<\/p>\n
In a sense, the praise that the Canucks organization got from one of the most powerful agents in hockey is a good thing.<\/p>\n
If a team is viewed as not being easy to work with, would they get favours from other general managers and agents in the future?<\/p>\n
Relationships are key in almost any business, and hockey is no different.<\/p>\n
On the other hand, if the Canucks were catering to the needs of Hughes, even though he didn\u2019t have any trade protection, were they truly able to maximize their return?<\/p>\n
That might be a moot point, according to most of the hockey world, who have largely applauded the Canucks for what they received back from Minnesota. Brisson echoed that sentiment.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt was a win-win in a sense,\u201d Brisson said. \u201cI do believe they got a good return, and it\u2019s a great spot for Quinn. He wants to have a great hockey experience at this point, and hopefully, win a Cup.\u201d<\/p>\n
After the trade, Minnesota is now 10th among betting favourites<\/a> to win the Stanley Cup. Vancouver currently has the worst odds of both winning the Cup and even making the playoffs.<\/p>\nThat makes sense, as they\u2019re still sitting 32nd overall in the NHL standings.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"No trade clause? No problem, as long as your name is Quinn Hughes. The newest member of the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":353003,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[556],"tags":[64,63,575,85],"class_list":{"0":"post-353002","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nhl","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-nhl","11":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/353002","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=353002"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/353002\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/353003"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=353002"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=353002"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=353002"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}