We’re going over former Vancouver Canucks captain and current Minnesota Wild d-man Quinn Hughes, and what he had to say about his time in Vancouver.
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This video is taking place after the 2025 NHL Entry Draft, and after the 2025 Stanley Cup Playoffs.
The 2025 NHL Draft 1st Round went as follows:
1st) New York Islanders, Matthew Schaefer
2nd) San Jose Sharks, Michael Misa
3rd) Chicago Blackhawks, Anton Frondell
4th) Utah Mammoth, Caleb Desnoyers
5th) Nashville Predators, Brady Martin
6th) Philadelphia Flyers, Porter Martone
7th) Boston Bruins, James Hagens
8th) Seattle Kraken, Jake O’Brien
9th) Buffalo Sabres, Radim Mrtka
10th) Anaheim Ducks, Roger McQueen
11th) Pittsburgh Penguins, Benjamin Kindel
12th) Philadelphia Flyers (from New York Rangers via Vancouver Canucks and Pittsburgh Penguins), Jack Nesbitt
13th) Detroit Red Wings, Carter Bear
14th) Columbus Blue Jackets, Jackson Smith
15th) Vancouver Canucks, Braeden Cootes
16th) New York Islanders (from Calgary Flames via Montreal Canadiens), Victor Eklund
17th) New York Islanders (from Montreal Canadiens), Kashawn Aitcheson
18th) Calgary Flames (from New Jersey Devils), Cole Reschny
19th) St. Louis Blues, Justin Carbonneau
20th) Columbus Blue Jackets (from Minnesota Wild), Pyotr Andreyanov
21st) Nashville Predators (from Ottawa Senators), Cameron Reid
22nd) Pittsburgh Penguins (from Colorado Avalanche via Philadelphia Flyers), Bill Zonnon
23rd) Ottawa Senators (from Tampa Bay Lightning via Nashville Predators), Logan Hensler
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26th) Nashville Predators (from Vegas Golden Knights via San Jose Sharks), Ryker Lee
27th) Washington Capitals, Lynden Lakovic
28th) Winnipeg Jets, Sascha Boumedienne
29th) Chicago Blackhawks (from Carolina Hurricanes), Mason West
30th) San Jose Sharks (from Dallas Stars), Joshua Ravensbergen
31st) Los Angeles Kings (from Edmonton Oilers via Philadelphia Flyers and Pittsburgh Penguins), Henry Brzustewicz
32nd) Calgary Flames (from Florida Panthers), Cullen Potter
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11 Comments
Quinn is a baby, tbh. Hope someone nails him.
trading jt miller was a terrible idea. in hindsight, trading the american would cost us two star american players on the team when we should've just traded away the swede. Draft McKenna. Stop the obsession with swedes
Quit Hughes as a NHL Captain is all I have to say!! Worst Captain and leadership in NHL history.
Is there a reason you don't use clips? As far as this video, your hostility on Quinn Hughes is trash. You demonstrated zero insight and zero ability to conduct critical & contextual analysis here. I still like your channel but your Hughes commentary sucks.
His disconnect from the criticism, “He doesn’t care anymore,” is telling. That he immediately references his play, not his leadership, is even more telling. Making a young superstar captain—and he is a superstar—is a bad idea. It’s similar to making a superstar, pure talent player, a coach. They just don’t understand the team game. They don’t understand how to work with players who aren’t as talented as themselves. Even worse, he never even tried to build a bond with Petey—not really. So many times when Petey was available, and Hughes had no shot, he would just skate around and ignore opportunities to pass-and-play. Captains need to build trust. He did not.
Hope some of the guys he doesn’t know knocks him out of commission for the playoffs What a DB
Quinn the Quitter
He doesn't know most of the guys he was team Captain of?! Tells you what kind of a captain he was.
Allvin is the biggest problem in the organization!
ROOKIE GM
Absolutely zero class. This guy has no business being the captain of any team let alone a Canadian franchise.
My thoughts? This is why Vancouver is a terrible place to play hockey. This video is just shitting on a guy for just speaking his mind. I can only imagine how much is sucked to deal with the amount of ridicule nucks players get. Imo he was uphappy for perfectly reasonable reasons. Poor management and he’s under a microscope from fans and media. One thing I do agree with is that Hughes is not captain material. He’s just not that kinda guy. I don’t see why that’s a big deal. I don’t get how you can point the finger at Hughes for being the captain and doing a poor job when management made him the captain. Imagine you’re a superstar hockey player and the best player in the history of the franchise. Management tells you that you’re the captain now. What are you gonna do just say no? Sure you might. But I don’t see Hughes as that kinda guy. He probably just thought “oh wow. Ok. I’ll do my best”. He comes off as an awkward guy. Think of some awkward guy you know in real life. Imagine him being told he’s the captain of the team. With no one to teach him he’s going to be a terrible captain. Look at Tampa. Stamkos was a great captain. He didn’t get there in his own. He had Vinny there to show him how to lead while he grew into the player he was meant to be and then into the leader Tampa needed. How many great captains are his age or younger rn? None. What about in the last ten years?
In short. Hughes is just a guy. A awkward guy who is insane at hockey. And nucks fans ran him out of town. And now they’re being a crazy ex gf about it.
Please keep in mind. Idc about Hughes at all. I only support him when he’s wearing red white and blue.