Another Friday blockbuster.

The Jonathan Huberdeau-for-Matthew Tkachuk swap as well as the Mikko Rantanen and JT Miller trades have all jolted us from casual Friday night plans in recent years, so we probably should’ve seen the massive Quinn Hughes deal coming. But very few saw Minnesota in the Hughes sweepstakes or would’ve predicted the massive haul the Wild gave up to acquire the former Norris winner. Minnesota gets a premier puck mover on the back end and now have no glaring weaknesses as they ready themselves for what will be a gauntlet in the Central division.

The Wild are now legit championship contenders

Hughes may very well have been the missing piece for Minnesota, which hasn’t made it past the first round in a decade. A first pair of Brock Faber and Hughes may be able to play

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