Canucks’ prized prospect Quinn Hughes could soon boost a back end that needs a prime puck transporter.
The heavily hyped Vancouver Canucks’ prospect could see his college career wrap up Saturday or Sunday — or have it prolonged. It depends how his Michigan Wolverines fare against the host Minnesota Golden Gophers in a Big 10 best-of-three quarterfinal series that opens Friday.“We’ll get right on it,” the Canucks’ general manager said Friday.
Whether it was looking comfortable with the United States’ entry at the world championship as the event’s youngest player at age 18, competing in two world junior tournaments, the family hockey lineage or dominating at the NCAA level, the 19-year-old Orlando, Fla. native has drawn rave reviews. “It will accomplish a couple things,” said Benning. “It will give him the experience for the feel of the NHL and he’ll help us. He gets back fast and can beat the first forechecker to either skate the puck out or pass it — and he’ll help the power play.
Hughes would also burn the first year of his entry-level contract, just like the transition from the NCAA to the NHL for Adam Gaudette and Brock Boeser. Hughes can only play 10 games the remainder of this Canucks’ schedule so he doesn’t have to be protected for the Seattle expansion draft in 2021. “The biggest thing I learned is once you make a mistake, don’t let it define you,” he said. “Brian Burke said when you give one up, go and get one. Once you make a mistake there’s no way to get it back.
That’s a lot of moxie, but the family hockey tree and excelling at every level has a lot to do with it.
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