The Vancouver Canucks have traded their captain and franchise defenceman Quinn Hughes to the Minnesota Wild.

President of Hockey Operations Jim Rutherford and General Manager Patrik Allvin touched on the matter in their press release officially announcing the trade:

“We would like to thank Quinn for his time with the Vancouver Canucks,” said Jim Rutherford. “Quinn is a great person, a great player, and one of the greatest Canucks of all time. With the circumstances surrounding JT and now Quinn, we are fortunate to acquire these very good young players from Minnesota. They will be a key part of the rebuild that we are currently in, giving us a bright future moving forward. The hockey club will continue to build with talented young players using that as a blueprint to become a contender sooner rather than later.”

“Like Jim, I would also like to thank Quinn for everything thing he has done in Vancouver,” said Allvin. “Quinn played hard, lead by example and did a lot of very good things for the Canucks. Trading away a player of this caliber is never an easy decision to make, but it was one we had to do to make our team better. We are so excited to add a solid centre in Marco, a good young blueliner in Zeev and a versatile forward in Liam. This year’s draft is a strong one so acquiring a first-round pick was also a big part of this deal.”

In return, the Canucks received centreman Marco Rossi, forward Liam Öhgren, defenceman Zeev Buium and the Minnesota Wild’s 2026 first-round pick.

With this move, the Canucks now have six draft picks in the 2026 NHL Draft: VAN: 1st, 2nd, 4th, 5th, and 6th; MIN: 1st.

Vancouver embarks on a five-game Eastern road trip starting Sunday morning against Quinn’s brothers, Jack (injured) and Luke’s New Jersey Devils.