The Quinn Hughes era is over in Vancouver.<\/p>\n
The Vancouver Canucks are trading Hughes to the Minnesota Wild, the franchise announced Friday. Sportsnet’s Elliotte Friedman<\/a> first reported the news.<\/p>\n The Canucks received Marco Rossi, Liam \u00d6hgren, Zeev Buium and a 2026 first-round pick in return. <\/p>\n Hughes was drafted by the Canucks in 2018, named captain in 2023 and won the Norris Trophy in 2024. <\/p>\n He had recorded 23 points (two goals, 21 assists) in 26 games of his eighth season in Vancouver, after which he is signed for one more year at a relative bargain salary of $7.85 million.<\/p>\n The Canucks are currently sitting at the bottom of the Pacific Division following a 11-17-3 start to the 2025-26 season. <\/p>\n Vancouver will now hope adding young players and draft pick will help the franchise retool without its captain and top defender.<\/p>\n Rossi has regularly centered the Wild’s top line over the last two seasons, although the 24-year-old is currently sidelined<\/a> with a week-to-week injury.<\/p>\n \u00d6hgren, 21, was skating on the Wild’s third line, while 20-year-old Buium was on the team’s bottom pairing.<\/p>\n The Wild, which rank third in the Central with a 17-9-5 record, parted ways with all three and a first-rounder in order to bring in one of the NHL’s top defenders.<\/p>\n After ensuring Kirill Kaprizov would stay in Minneapolis by signing him to an historic extension<\/a>, the Wild are hoping the addition of Hughes will take this team from perennial playoff first-round eliminations to Stanley Cup contention.<\/p>\n