It's not very often a franchise-altering player gets traded in the middle of a National Hockey League season — that is, it wasn't very often until Mikko Rantanen was shockingly sent from the Colorado Avalanche to the Carolina Hurricanes in January of 2025. That was a bit of an outlier, until he was moved again, this time to the Dallas Stars, less than two months later .
Could a similar situation be brewing in 2025-26? As the Vancouver Canucks continue to spiral out of playoff contention, the Quinn Hughes rumors have taken on a life of their own — and brothers Jack and Luke have made it very clear they'd love to get one of the league's best defensemen added to a formidable New Jersey Devils roster. Hughes still has another season remaining on his contract after this year, but if th

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