This turned out to be a monumental day in 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 an offer to make them say ‘yes.’ They got that as the Wild are sending Marco Rossi, Liam Öhgren, Zeev Buium and a first-round pick in the 2026 NHL Draft to the Canucks. There is no 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 in 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 like to thank Quinn for his time with the Vancouver Canucks. 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.”
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Canucks General Manager Patrik Allvin said in a press release: “Like Jim, I would also like to thank Quinn for everything thing he has done in Vancouver. Quinn played hard, led by example and did a lot of very good things for the Canucks. Trading away a player of this caliber is never easy and easy decision to make, but it was one we had to do to make our team better.”
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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 mention, Rutherford mentioned that Quinn Hughes wants to play with his brothers. However, the Canucks got the best possible package they could. It had to be four pieces. But it revolved around a center.
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The Canucks got that in Marco Rossi, whom they wanted since the summer. Now they get a young up-and-coming defenseman in Buium. Not to mention, Öhgren is going to be a good player as well. Again, Vancouver is betting on potential and trading away a guy they knew was special.
The Minnesota Wild are getting the second-best defenseman in the NHL. Now, Quinn Hughes, Miro Heiskanen, and Cale Makar are all in the same division.
Quinn Hughes, acquired by MIN, is a superstar offensive defenceman. An exceptional skater, passer, and puck-handler who has been relied upon to carry 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 wants to win and has the cap space to make this deal happen. There is always one team that comes out of nowhere that can make deals like this. Bill Guerin wouldn’t have been doing his job if he hadn’t made the call and laid the groundwork.
The Minnesota Wild are the only team that can extend Quinn Hughes by eight years. He is eligible for an extension come July 1st.
The #MNWild can’t extend Quinn Hughes until July 1, but they’ve got a great tool in their back pocket to get it done:
They’ll be the only 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 need to happen, but it was best it did.
Don’t blame Quinn Hughes.
The Canucks got the best player in franchise history in the draft and never built winning teams around him.
He wanted to win here but it just wasn’t going to happen and now he is gone.
— Rick Dhaliwal (@DhaliwalSports) December 13, 2025
