With the Vancouver Canucks going through a brutal stretch in the 2025-26 NHL season, Quinn Hughes’ future has become the talk of the town. Not just in British Columbia, but all over the continent. The noise is particularly loud in The Garden State, where a key teammate of Jack and Luke Hughes on the New Jersey Devils seen by many as the likely odd man out if New Jersey pursued a deal for Quinn.

In the NHL—as in life—nothing comes free. There is a price to pay, and even the languishing Canucks can demand to be compensated accordingly for their best player, Hughes. On that note, not even the Devils—who would complete the Hughes brothers gauntlet with Quinn’s addition—will get to use a discount coupon.

If New Jersey wants to be taken seriously by Vancouver, it must be willing to give up a k

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