{"id":330533,"date":"2025-12-07T15:22:11","date_gmt":"2025-12-07T15:22:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/330533\/"},"modified":"2025-12-07T15:22:11","modified_gmt":"2025-12-07T15:22:11","slug":"if-canucks-do-the-unthinkable-and-trade-quinn-hugheswhat-would-be-his-ideal-landing-spot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/330533\/","title":{"rendered":"If Canucks do the unthinkable and trade Quinn Hughes\u2026what would be his ideal landing spot?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Superstar defenseman Quinn Hughes has ignited the NHL rumor mill as pundits and fans wonder whether his days as a Vancouver Canuck<\/a> are actually winding down. For all the talk of him joining Jack and Luke with the New Jersey Devils<\/a>, it\u2019s debatable whether the hockey fit makes sense \u2013 would Quinn and Luke be a bit redundant, for instance?<\/p>\n

So, Roundtable:\u00a0imagine a scenario in which Quinn Hughes tells the Canucks he wants out. Where would you like to see him go, and why?<\/p>\n

MATT LARKIN:\u00a0I think the\u00a0Philadelphia Flyers<\/a>\u00a0would be a fun fit. Philly is one of the best markets in sports, period, and the NHL is more fun when the Flyers matter. Hughes joining a rising core including Matvei Michkov and Porter Martone, and reuniting with head coach Rick Tocchet, would be an interesting match. The question is whether GM Danny Briere could pull off a Hughes heist without giving up any of said pieces from the core. If you\u2019re Vancouver, you ask for Martone at the very least, right?<\/p>\n

MIKE GOULD:\u00a0I\u2019m quite certain Quinn will end up playing with his brothers in the end, but because that\u2019s too boring a prospect to relitigate today, here\u2019s a crazy, crazy idea instead. Hughes and Cale Makar are both eligible to become unrestricted free agents in 2027. The Avs are an incredible team, but what if they win the Cup this year and Makar decides his business with them is complete? What if he decides he wants to go home? After all, his hometown Calgary Flames have a new arena slated to open the\u00a0very same summer Makar can become a UFA. So \u2026 let\u2019s slide the pieces across the board. Makar goes to Calgary, and the\u00a0Colorado Avalanche<\/a>, in desperate need of a new face on the blueline, make a play for Hughes. Yes, it\u2019s patently absurd, but then again, so is the idea that Hughes would sign a long-term deal in\u00a0Philadelphia\u00a0\u2026<\/p>\n

ANTHONY TRUDEAU:\u00a0Any hypothetical NHL trade, even for a top-10 guy like Quinn Hughes, has to rule out some untouchables on the buyer side. These are NHL GMs, remember: if they were any more conservative, they\u2019d be Puritans. The question, then, becomes who can table the best offer for Hughes without dangling a franchise-level talent. The answer? The\u00a0Chicago Blackhawks<\/a>. The Hawks are flush with cap space, and they\u2019re slowly turning the corner on the ice. Even if they don\u2019t listen to any offer that mentions Connor Bedard (duh), Spencer Knight, Frank Nazar, Artyom Levshunov, or Alex Vlasic, there are still enough drafted prospects in their war chest to help the \u2018Nucks kickstart a rebuild. Chicago GM Kyle Davidson could build a package around D-man Kevin Korchinski, a former seventh-overall pick who played 76 NHL games as a teenager, and BU standout Sacha Boisvert, the sort of center Vancouver desperately needs, without really feeling it; Chicago\u2019s pipeline is that loaded. If Davidson can serve up readymade blue-chippers before draft capital even enters the picture, how will anyone else keep up if and when the Hughes sweepstakes kick off?<\/p>\n

PAUL PIDUTTI:\u00a0Similar to Anthony\u2019s line of thinking with his Chicago pick, I\u2019d love to see Hughes in a\u00a0San Jose Sharks<\/a>\u00a0jersey if he moves on from Vancouver. This won\u2019t bring him any closer to his brothers geographically, but that angle has always felt propped up by the media. The Sharks have a ways to go to be legitimate contenders, but Hughes would accelerate the rebuild. Their young forward pieces are exciting and deep and Yaroslav Askarov looks to be their goalie of the future. Outside of Sam Dickinson, however, they don\u2019t have any other stone cold lock blueline prospects. Hughes with Macklin Celebrini would be a sweet symphony and boost\u00a0a Sharks\u2019 power play that\u2019s middle of the pack. With their fellow interstate rebuilders in\u00a0Anaheim<\/a>\u00a0also taking the long road to contender status, Hughes\u2019 injection to San Jose would amplify a future California divisional rivalry too. The Sharks have the futures to land Hughes and the long-term cap space to pay him beyond his current deal.<\/p>\n

SCOTT MAXWELL:\u00a0Since none of us seems to be going with the obvious answer of New Jersey, I\u2019ll say the\u00a0Detroit Red Wings<\/a>. While their defense corps has been much improved this season, they still do need help on the blueline, and Quinn Hughes is the perfect player to infuse into the lineup and open their contention window. Detroit has the cap space to add him without even needing to move money, and they\u2019ll definitely have enough space for a new contract based on how their current cap picture is laid out. They\u2019re also one of the few teams with a prospect pool deep enough to give the Canucks a strong offer. Oh, and Hughes spent two years at the University of Michigan, so he\u2019s familiar with the area. The Red Wings are finally showing signs that the Yzerplan\u00a0is coming to fruition, and Hughes may be the kind of long-term lineup\u00a0influx they need to put them over the top.<\/p>\n

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