SOMETHING IS SERIOUSLY WRONG WITH QUINN HUGHES: HAS THE CANUCKS CAPTAIN GIVEN UP?

SOMETHING IS SERIOUSLY WRONG WITH QUINN HUGHES: HAS THE CANUCKS CAPTAIN GIVEN UP?

[Music] Quinn Hughes. What in the world is going on with this man? The thumbnail of this video is the Vancouver Conucks deserve to win omter in their game tonight against the Chicago Blackhawks. I don’t know if that’s what it still says. I don’t know if that’s how it’s going to end, but that’s what it was at at some point in the third period. The reason I say that is because Atiratu has just scored in front of my eyes to make it 4-1 to erase the shut out and to actually get somebody to win some save on food swag. Okay, nice. Atu scored. That’s fantastic. But yes, that’s right. I am recording this video when the game isn’t even over yet to talk about the bit. Oh, Evander Kane just scored. Huh. It’s 4-2 now. Interesting. Interesting. Interesting. But, uh, yeah, I’m recording this audio with a minute 59 to go in the third period as Evander Kane scores to get the Canucks on the board again to talk about Quinn Hughes because the Conucks, they had themselves a crazy game against Chicago today. They set the record this season for most shots on goal through two periods for Vancouver because the first 40 minutes of this hockey game between Chicago and Vancouver were electric chances at either end. Lankin and Knight making saves but Knight being forced to make way more saves than the Vancouver finish net minder. And Vancouver came into the third period with an 80s something percent deserve to winome meter rating versus Chicago’s something 15 20%ish mark 2. The Vancouver Canucks were in total control of this hockey game and they were the rightful owners of most of the on ice territory and chances. But the third period comes and this is where we see everything falling apart. Quinn Hughes might have gotten himself an assist on Evander Kane’s 4 to2 goal, but I’m seeing a lot more controversy and conversation from Kucks fans about him in particular because of the way this game has gone. Because 3 minutes into the third period, you have Tyler Bertusi scoring on the back door on a deflected shot. Guess what? Tyler Bertusi is on the back door left side of the Kuck zone. Who’s supposed to be the left side Dman? It’s supposed to be Hughes. What’s Quinn doing? He’s roving around in the slot area, not touching his guy. Okay, that’s a mistake by Quinn. He’s too busy puck watching. He approaches the area where the puck is rather than where it’s going to be. Tyler Batusi unscathed. Nobody is on him. You have Tyler Bertusi scoring 3 minutes later on the power play. This is yet another back door play where Marcus Person kind of loses his guy. And then making it 3 nothing just 7 minutes into the third period is Elia McKay. Yeah, that’s right, Elia. You couldn’t score in game seven against the Oilers, but you can score now. It’s Quinn Hughes who ends up banging away at Oliver Moore behind the net. He loses the battle. Puck comes back out in front. Hughes is just standing there behind the goal. And then it’s Elia McKayv who pots it in. Three nothing hockey game. All it took was 7 minutes for that to go down. And Hugh’s body language on those plays. The guy looks defeated. The guy looks gassed. The guy looks whatever it is. Oh, Spencer Knight just tried to go for a goalie goal. But now Bedard is going to score. Oh, nice. There’s another one there for you, baby. 52 Chicago Blackhawks. Imagine how happy I am that I started Kevin Lanken in today in fantasy and Joey Dord. Both these guys combined for like an 804 safe percentage. I’m going to lose this week because of goalending. Anyways, Quinn Hughes directly responsible for two of the goals scored by Chicago in short order in this third period. Tyler Bertusi then got himself the hat-tick goal a little bit later as both Tyler Myers and Kevin Lankin and are sprawled out trying to stop a rebound out in front. You saw it, you heard it. Atu scored if Evander Kane scored and then Connor Badard just scored to make it 5-2. Spencer Knight gets the assist. It feels even worse cuz my opponent this week in fantasy in the league where I started lanking into cord. My opponent has Spencer Knight done and he started out the week today with a 45 shot against game making 43 saves and getting an assist. It’s crazy. But this is one of these games where Elias Person, he’s an 11.6 million player. The guy just totally looked off and there were so many opportunities that he had given goes on the rush plays where instead of taking initiative and taking the shot, he decides to drop it back to Evander Kane. He decides to drop it back to Connor Garland. Granted, Evander Kane, there was a play where Person had a one-on-one opportunity against the defender and instead of coming in and taking a shot, he dropped it back to Kane. In Pety’s defense on that particular play, I think if Ander Kane, if he just got the pass across quicker to Pey, it would have been an easier opportunity for him to shoot. But Person was totally totally lost in this one. And I think a lot of fans would say that he played poorly. Quinn Hughes, I think he honestly might have been even worse. And partly because a lot of his mistakes, a lot of his trackings in the defensive zone, it’s not like they resulted in Miss Kuck’s chances. They resulted in Chicago goals. This guy is not tracking his guy. This guy’s not doing what he needs to do defensively. And I’ll go out there and say that Quinn can be the best defenseman in the world. I believe that. I preached that for the better part of the past 2 years or so. He can be the best gosh darn defenseman playing the sport of ice hockey on the planet when he wants to be. But now it looks like he doesn’t even want to be here, man. They’re playing Chicago. They lose 5-2. I know the Hawks are on a heater, but on a night where Petey looks bad, Quinn looks bad, the Canucks have all these opportunities, but they can’t beat Spencer Knight, and they all of a sudden let it crumble away in the third period because of a few defensive lapses and trying to take things easy in their own zone. This is not the kind of game that inspires any sort of confidence in a Vancouver Conucks team that is slowly getting their guys back. Oh yeah, Connor Garland is back. Oh yeah, Quinn Hughes is back. That’s great. You want to see the team that was assembled actually be assembled on the ice, but you’re thinking about it like, okay, well, Filiped, oh, he’s going to come back, right? Filipedo, Laramaki, Hoglander. Are those three guys going to save the Canucks from the mistakes they’re making right now? Are those three guys going to make Hughes and Person better? Are those three guys going to change the entire way that these top tier superstar caliber players on Vancouver are able to execute this season? Because we’re not seeing it so far. I doubt that Philip Heedle’s presence in the lineup, taking out Lionus Carlson and putting in Heedle is all of a sudden going to make Quinn Hughes look like he wants to play here and not get super frustrated and hold on to the pocket, not pass it to anybody and just start shooting at himself, trying to get the goals, trying to get all the points. We know he states. He said himself that he pays attention to that stuff. All players pay attention to that stuff. We know he wants the numbers. But when he starts getting greedy and he starts taking shifts off in his own zone, that’s when you’re like, “Yeah, well, you got to question what exactly was the value that he provided in this game.” One game. Oh, yeah. Sure, Lego. Why are you getting all hard on Quinn Hughes for one game? Get hard on Pey. Talk about him for a sec. Yeah, but that’s the thing. We’ve been talking about Hughes this whole season. He has been off. Looks like the guy wants to go to New Jersey at this point. At the very least, Evander Kane, for all the mistakes he makes, he actually gets pucks towards the goal. He actually makes things happen. I’m not suggesting that Kane’s a better player than Quinn. Absolutely not. But I’m just articulating that just because you are the talented player that you are doesn’t mean that you’re going to get a pass from this kind of conversation. Quinn Hughes is not looking his best. And I think honestly, he’s getting worse. ever since he came back. There are 82 games in an NHL season and the Vancouver Conucks have played 15 of them. There are 60s something more games to go and we’ll take it day by day, week by week, month by month and analyze what’s going on. But Vancouver hockey doesn’t look like it’s in a good place right now, at least when it comes to the Canucks. PWHL reveals coming soon. That’s going to be cool. Let me know your thoughts in the comments section below about the Vancouver Conucks losing 5-2 to Chicago. I’m pissed because I’m losing fantasy points because of Joey Decord and Kevin Lincoln and my opponents are gaining points because of Spencer Knight. Thoughts in the comment section below about Quinn Hughes and the impact he’s having. I hope you enjoyed this roll and bye. [Music] [Music]

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The Vancouver Canucks lose to the Chicago Blackhawks 5-2, with goals scored by Tyler Bertuzzi, Ilya Mikheyev, Aatu Raty, Evander Kane, and Connor Bedard. Spencer Knight beats Kevin Lankinen in net.

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
24th) Pittsburgh Penguins (from Los Angeles Kings), Will Horcoff
25th) Chicago Blackhawks (from Toronto Maple Leafs), Vaclav Nestrasil
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

This video is also taking place after 2025 NHL Season, and after the 2025 Stanley Cup Playoffs, where the Florida Panthers defeated the Edmonton Oilers in the Finals.

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