The hockey world continues to explode about the quinn hughes trade from the Vancouver Canucks to the Minnesota Wild. For those who missed it, the Canucks sent hughes to Marco Rossi, Zeev Bugren, Liam Ohgren, and the first pick in 2026.
But GM Bill Guerin stepped up to the plate because he knew that if he missed out on a player like that, he would regret it, given that Minnesota is in a position to win now.
“Because it’s Quinn Hughes,” Lurin told reporters in Minnesota. “And I don’t know when the time is right, but if you wait, you’re going to miss it. … When it’s a player of this caliber, the time is always right now.”
Guerin learned from his experience as an assistant GM with the pitttsburgh penguins, under the Canucks under the Canucks of Hockey working with the penguins GM, Jim Rutherford. He saw that Rutherford was always aggressive, trying to make his team better and go for wins while in Pittsburgh.
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As Guernin said repeatedly on Saturday during the Forms Conference, Rutherford and Canucks GM Patrik Allevin advin like to get to the point; That’s why he came to his first meal. And with Guerin being extended again, like most of the best closers, the first pick or any draft pick won’t help in the wild right now. They come in five years when they come.
So Guerin learned a lot from working with Rutherford, which is why he wasn’t mixed around when he arrived a week before the job went down. While he was behind the eight ball as other teams put in better offers, his first offer had to be the best because there was no room for negotiation.
As Elliotte Friedman wrote in his blog of 32 thoughts and mentioned in the Podcast, and former GM Brian Burke in 2005, after discovering the discovery of Joe Thornton until late: if you snooze, you lose. And when Burke called Therton, the Bruins told him it was too late. Guerin almost made the same mistake if he hadn’t been encouraged to do so by the assistant GM.
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As mentioned before, when is Quinn Huges’s Ilk player available? It never happened. The Minnesota Wild is in WIN-NOW mode, given that they are coming off Ryan Suter and Zach BUKA BUYEUS, so they were in the hunt for a big game.
“Bill Guerin made it very clear, as it couldn’t be clearer, that he is hunting for a big game this season and he wants to do it quickly, and this was the biggest piece of game on the market right now,” said Michael Russo.
A few years ago, the Wild were under the actual salary cap, $14 million in the hole, because of those Balls. But when he got to Minnesota, Guerin knew it was a necessary step for the team to be successful later. There would be a few years of pain after the first cap was eased, but Guerin bided his time to make things happen.
Obtaining the necessary funds required to allow him to make this move. This, showed Kirill Kaprizov, who recently signed an eight-year contract with $17 million per season, that he made the right decision to commit to a long-term commitment. But there is a nice little advantage with Joel Eriksson-EK, Math Boldy, Brock Fab, Kaprizov, Kiser WallStedt, and Filip Gustavsson.
The Minnesota Wild is in a tough middle stretch, with the Colorado Avalanche running away from things. Still, with the addition of Quinn Hughes, they put in the second best defenseman in the NHL. It gives them a chance to make a deep plaliloff. The Wild haven’t been in the conference finals since 2003. They haven’t won a playoff round since 2015, when they reached the second round.
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It doesn’t matter if they extend Quinn Hughes or not, WHOVE ARE THERE TO ASK TO DO WHAT IT NEEDS TO WIN. Although there is a possibility, there are no guarantees at this time.
“One thing I have done for sure, under the circumstances we can confirm the extension of the contract with anyone,” Pat Brisson, Quinn Hughes’s, told the press after trading on Friday.
Quinn Hughes is eligible to sign an extension on July 1, 2026. His next contract could be a stropbreak Also, the new CBA rules go into effect on September 16, so the Wild are in the driver’s seat as the only team that can bring back eight bonuses, full payments up front, etc.
Also, nothing is guaranteed in the wild for Hughes either, which means another trade could come next year if there are no indications he will stay. However, given that HUGHES and his agent have an open mind and everything is on the table, the stool has a good chance to prove that this thing is the order, especially where he made the gurin.
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