{"id":946962,"date":"2026-10-26T13:40:10","date_gmt":"2026-10-26T13:40:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/946962\/"},"modified":"2026-10-26T13:40:10","modified_gmt":"2026-10-26T13:40:10","slug":"quinn-hughes-sucks-chants-rain-down-as-canucks-fans-boo-former-team-captain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/946962\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Quinn Hughes Sucks\u2019 chants rain down as Canucks fans boo former team captain"},"content":{"rendered":"

In a stretch of several star players returning to their previous home arenas, fans of the Vancouver Canucks<\/a> had their opportunity to let their former captain Quinn Hughes know how they felt about him on Sunday night, and they did not miss it.<\/p>\n

It didn\u2019t take long, with fans chanting \u201cQuinn Hughes Sucks\u201d right as the Minnesota Wild<\/a> defender hit the ice for the first time. Fans also booed him during warmups, before also chanting \u201cQuitter\u201d later on.<\/p>\n

Hughes, now with the Wild after a trade last season, returned to Rogers Arena for the first time after a move that came about when he let Canucks brass know that he didn\u2019t plan to sign an extension to his current contract.<\/p>\n

The American defender was greeted with a mix of cheers and boos during a video tribute that was shared about seven minutes into the game.<\/p>\n

Hughes was drafted by the Canucks with the No. 7 overall pick in the first round of the 2018 NHL Draft. Over the ensuing seven years, he became very arguably the best defenseman in the history of the franchise. <\/p>\n

The oldest of the three Hughes brothers won the Norris Trophy as the league\u2019s top defenseman in 2023-24 when he racked up a career-best 92 points. That season was also his first as Vancouver\u2019s captain. <\/p>\n

Last year, as it became exceedingly clear that the Canucks were heading into a deep rebuild, the Canucks opted to ensure that they got a haul in exchange for Hughes\u2019 services rather than lose him for nothing this coming summer in free agency. The front office sent him to the Wild in exchange for a package built around defenseman Zeev Buium as well as forwards Marco Rossi and Liam Ohgren. <\/p>\n

Buium, also an offensive-minded left-handed defenseman, has already signed a long-term contract extension to remain in the blue and green for the long haul. <\/p>\n

Hughes, whose brothers Jack and Luke play for the New Jersey Devils<\/a>, hasn\u2019t signed an extension to stay with the Wild beyond this season. In April 2025, then-team president Jim Rutherford admitted that Quinn had a desire to play with his brothers<\/a> down the line.<\/p>\n

The eldest Hughes is one of four members of the gold medal-winning 2026 American Olympic team to either request or receive a trade away from the NHL team with which they began the 2025-26 season, along with Dylan Larkin, Brady Tkachuk and Connor Hellebuyck. Hellebuyck was just traded to the Devils on Friday, possibly increasing the appeal that New Jersey could have in Hughes\u2019 eyes.<\/p>\n

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Cap Summary<\/p>\n

Projected Cap Hit<\/p>\n

$87,295,050<\/p>\n

$71,329,167<\/p>\n

Projected Cap Space<\/p>\n

$16,704,950<\/p>\n

$42,170,833<\/p>\n

Current Cap Space<\/p>\n

$19,290,240<\/p>\n

$42,170,833<\/p>\n

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Hughes has been excellent in his tenure with Minnesota, notching 53 points in 48 games after the trade last year and posting 14 in 12 contests entering Sunday night\u2019s game.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"In a stretch of several star players returning to their previous home arenas, fans of the Vancouver Canucks…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":946963,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194298],"tags":[49,48,55],"class_list":["post-946962","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-vancouver","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-vancouver"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/946962","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=946962"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/946962\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/946963"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=946962"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=946962"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=946962"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}