Vancouver Canucks captain Quinn Hughes has been traded to the Minnesota Wild , sources told ESPN on Friday. It was a blockbuster deal in which Vancouver received three roster players -- defenseman Zeev Buium , center Marco Rossi and winger Liam Ohgren -- as well as a first-round pick.

It's one of the boldest moves in Wild franchise history, and signals GM Bill Guerin's hunger to win now after signing Kirill Kaprizov to the richest contract in NHL history this summer. The Wild have not advanced past the first round of the playoffs since 2015.

Hughes, 26, is a 2018 first-round pick of the Canucks and considered one of the best defensemen in the league. He is one of six players already named to the Team USA Olympic men's hockey team. Hughes won the Norris Trophy in 2023-24 when

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