Quinn Hughes turns 26 on Oct. 14. Article content

The customary age for an NHL defenceman to reach his competitive prime is 27. Article content Article content

However, that projection doesn’t apply to the Vancouver Canucks ’ dynamo, who has been turning heads and breaking ankles of frustrated forecheckers since he started wheeling-and-dealing and drawing comparisons with a budding Bobby Orr.

If you need a respectful reference point, just ask his friend Trevor Zegras. They have challenged each other in demanding 3-on-3 summer training sessions and matched wits in ‘The Show’. So when the ninth overall pick in the 2019 NHL Draft was dealt from Anaheim to Philadelphia in late June, he followed it up last month with quite the quip.

“I never want to play Quinn ever again,” sa

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