This turned out to be a monumental day within the NHL. First, Tristan Jarry was traded from the Pittsburgh Penguins to the Edmonton Oilers. Now, the Vancouver Canucks have traded Quinn Hughes to the Minnesota Wild.
Breaking: Quinn Hughes is being traded to Minnesota
— Elliotte Friedman (@FriedgeHNIC) December 13, 2025
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The Vancouver Canucks needed a suggestion to make them say ‘yes.’ They got that because the Wild are sending Marco Rossi, Liam Öhgren, Zeev Buium and a first-round pick within the 2026 NHL Draft to the Canucks. There isn’t a salary retention.
General Manager Patrik Allvin announced today that the #Canucks have acquired forwards Marco Rossi and Liam Öhgren, defenceman Zeev Buium and a first-round pick within the 2026 NHL Entry Draft from the Minnesota Wild in exchange for defenceman Quinn Hughes.
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— Vancouver Canucks (@Canucks) December 13, 2025
Canucks President of Hockey Operations Jim Rutherford, in a press release, said, “We would love to thank Quinn for his time with the Vancouver Canucks. Quinn is an amazing person, an amazing player, and certainly one of the best Canucks of all time. With the circumstances surrounding JT and now Quinn, we’re fortunate to amass these excellent young players from Minnesota.”
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Canucks General Manager Patrik Allvin said in a press release: “Like Jim, I’d also wish to thank Quinn for every thing thing he has done in Vancouver. Quinn played hard, led by example and did a whole lot of excellent things for the Canucks. Trading away a player of this caliber isn’t easy and straightforward decision to make, however it was one we needed to do to make our team higher.”
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Quinn Hughes Traded to Minnesota #canucks #mnwild pic.twitter.com/49BOTFRtTL
— Jim Biringer (@JimBiringer) December 13, 2025
Remember, the Vancouver Canucks sent a memo to 31 other teams stating that their veterans were available. Not to say, Rutherford mentioned that Quinn Hughes desires to play along with his brothers. Nonetheless, the Canucks got the most effective possible package they may. It needed to be 4 pieces. Nevertheless it revolved around a middle.
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The Canucks got that in Marco Rossi, whom they wanted for the reason that summer. Now they get a young up-and-coming defenseman in Buium. Not to say, Öhgren goes to be an excellent player as well. Again, Vancouver is betting on potential and trading away a man they knew was special.
The Minnesota Wild are getting the second-best defenseman within the NHL. Now, Quinn Hughes, Miro Heiskanen, and Cale Makar are all in the identical division.
Quinn Hughes, acquired by MIN, is a superstar offensive defenceman. An exceptional skater, passer, and puck-handler who has been relied upon to hold his team’s offence while also holding up his end of the deal defensively. #MNWild pic.twitter.com/k3j7Wn08Fp
— JFresh (@JFreshHockey) December 13, 2025
The Minnesota Wild are going all out. GM Bill Gurien desires to win and has the cap space to make this deal occur. There’s at all times one team that comes out of nowhere that could make deals like this. Bill Guerin wouldn’t have been doing his job if he hadn’t made the decision and laid the groundwork.
The Minnesota Wild are the one team that may extend Quinn Hughes by eight years. He’s eligible for an extension come July 1st.
The #MNWild can’t extend Quinn Hughes until July 1, but they’ve got an amazing tool of their back pocket to get it done:
They’ll be the one team who can sign him for 8 years with a front-loaded structure including unlimited signing bonuses, before the CBA rules change Sept. 15.
— Chris Johnston (@reporterchris) December 13, 2025
Now the saga is over in Vancouver for Quinn Hughes. This didn’t have to occur, however it was best it did.
Don’t blame Quinn Hughes.
The Canucks got the most effective player in franchise history within the draft and never built winning teams around him.
He desired to win here however it just wasn’t going to occur and now he’s gone.
— Rick Dhaliwal (@DhaliwalSports) December 13, 2025