WE NOW KNOW WHY THE RED WINGS COULDN’T TRADE FOR QUINN HUGHES… THE ANSWER LIES WITH SIMON EDVINSSON

WE NOW KNOW WHY THE RED WINGS COULDN’T TRADE FOR QUINN HUGHES… THE ANSWER LIES WITH SIMON EDVINSSON

All right, let’s do our best to break it down here because I’ll say this. This video is not a Vancouver Conucks video. Technically speaking, it is not. Although, I guess it kind of is. Uh, never mind. It is. But I do think that even though by the time this video is going to be published, the Vancouver Conucks will be playing off against the New Jersey Devils. Even though that will be the case, there still is a conversation worth having because we can talk to the Detroit Red Wings fans and then Kucks fans can trickle in and start watching and responding to this video after the game is done. Because today I wanted to dive more into the Red Wings trade talks for former Vancouver Kuck and current Minnesota Wild defenseman Quinn Hughes. I saw a lot of Red Wings fans on my timeline in the comment section of our YouTube videos talking about Quinn Hughes and saying things like, “Man, why could the Wings not gone out there and get this done? Why could they not have made that trade?” Say what you want about the trade package itself, but as we had highlighted in various tweets in yesterday’s commentary, there was somewhat of a similar package that could be theorized that was similar to what the Minnesota Wild gave Vancouver to get Quinn Hughes. Essentially, it boiled down to a left-handed defenseman, a center, another prospect, and a first. Liam Ugrren, Ze Buouy, Marco Rossi, and a first. That’s the key contributing factor here. That was the trade that we ended up seeing go down in real life. But ultimately, you could say that if you wanted to theorize a Detroit Red Wings trade proposal along the same lines, you probably could have done so. A guy like Marco Casper probably could have been involved. And then a young defenseman going over to Vancouver along with the draft picks and maybe another prospect. A lot of folks in Detroit were saying, “Hey, why not trade Axel Sand Dean Pelica? That guy plays similarly to Quinn Hughes.” And right defense is generally more valued than left defense. But that is where the problem lies. You see, Vancouver ended up getting Zeve Bou in return in this trade. A guy who I’m probably going to go out there and say has a higher ceiling than Axel Santine Pelica. I do think that they’re roughly in the same territory, but Bouam is a total monster of a hockey player. And maybe by the time this video is uploaded, we would have already seen him do some amazing things in a Vancouver Connect sweater. Axel Santin Pelica is a righty. Zeve Buouham is a lefty. They are roughly the same size. Actually, no, they’re exactly the same size. Oh my goodness. They are both 6 feet 185. That is incredible. ASP kind of moves around the offensive zone like Quinn Hughes. Zeve Buham has a little bit more of an activation to his game that I think Quinn Hughes maybe doesn’t utilize as much, but they’re both very strong defenseman. But here’s the thing. We had ourselves some word from Anthony DeMarco that in a way reveals exactly why a Detroit Red Wings trade to Vancouver for Quinn Hughes could not get done and what kind of assets the Conucks were interested in more. Demarco tweeted out this. According to some separate sources from both Minnesota and New Jersey, Vancouver specifically wanted a center and a left defenseman in return. Could Mishkovv or Martone gotten it done for the Flyers? Maybe. But both players were non-starters for Philly. Now, we can ignore this part for now. Oh, yeah. You can have untouchable prospects in a Quinn Hughes trade if you’re Philadelphia. But with this in mind, it puts a lot of emphasis on the kinds of assets that Vancouver wanted and it gives us the answers as to why the Red Wings could not have gotten it done. Case in point, Axel Sandine Pelica is just the guy that Vancouver apparently would not have wanted. They didn’t want right-handed guys on D. They wanted specifically left-handed guys. And the problem is right there because who do the Red Wings have that’s a good young left-handed defenseman that could become great down the line? Probably the only guy that would even come close to matching a Zeve Buom or an ASP trade value is Simone Edmonson who is 66 223 a left-handed guy 22 years old. He’s older than Zeve by 2 years and he is more experienced than Zeve. In my personal opinion, I would say that Zeve Buham, I’d rather have him on my team than Simone Edmonson just because Zeve is so dynamic offensively and he has such a high ceiling. Ed has a high ceiling too, don’t get me wrong, but because Edinson would have been the kind of player that Vancouver wanted in return, it just wouldn’t have been possible for Detroit. Because you take a look at it right here. Okay. Yeah, you’ve got Axel Sandine Pelica and Moretts Cider on the right side there. If you trade away Simone Edinson for Quinton Hughes, okay, sure, you are upgrading on defense. That is a good move. But you’re not certain about it long term. At the very least, if you trade away Quinn Hughes for Axel Sandine Pelica, you still have Mo Cider. Even if Quinn Hughes decides to leave. You’ll have Edinson Hughes for two seasons and then Quinn will leave and then you’re stuck with Edinson Cider as your top pairing. You can do a lot worse than that. Maybe Albert Johansson continues to develop. He becomes okay passable as a top four guy and then you’re chilling. You don’t have Hughes. You don’t have ASP. But it’s fine. You can still survive with this as your top pairing. But if you trade away Simone Edmonson for Quinn Hughes and then Hughes leaves anyway, you’re stuck with Cider and ASP on your right side and nobody really of significant value on the left. It holds back the Red Wings for an amount that is uncertain because you just don’t know if Quinn’s going to come back. The Minnesota Wild don’t have these problems because I don’t know if you noticed, but Zeve Buham, oh, he was already an afterthought in the Wild’s defense pairings. He was playing third pairing minutes with this team to open things up on the year. Bean, Spurgeon, Middleton, Brock Faber, these guys were studs. It’s a super strong defensive group in Minnesota already. And so getting rid of Zeve Buham, replacing him with Quinn Hughes. Firstly, they’re not worried about the long-term implications of acquiring the guy, but secondly, they had the spot to lose. Detroit, if they were going to go out there and make this trade, they would have wanted Axel Sandine Pelica to go the other way because they can’t afford to lose Simone Edmonson. And for Vancouver, it’s like, okay, well, why would you not want Axel Sandine Pelica? Right-handed guys are more valued than left-handed guys, right? Well, that’s the thing. Vancouver doesn’t really need that. Think about who they’re giving up. Okay, they’re giving up Quinn Hughes, top left-handed defenseman in the world. I think that’s very fair to say, right? He’s the number one left-handed D in the entire league. But on the right side, you got Phil Heronic, who in his own right is a fairly decent top pairing guy. Not the best, but he’s a strong enough player to play first pair. And then you also have Tom Vander, who was going to become really nice. You’ve got Mancini on the right side as well. I’d wager a bet and say that Vancouver was a lot more comfortable with their right side long term than their left side. Yes, Elias Patterson is fine. He’s getting better slowly. Marcus Person also here here for a while too. He signed on for quite a bit but based off the strength of the prospects that exist in the Canucks organization from Heronic to Vander to Mancini Elias Person and now Zeve Buouham. Buham is a very necessary piece on what would have been a left side in Vancouver that could have used some work especially with no Quinn Hughes there. So, this rumor popping up from DeMarco that, yeah, the Conucks wanted a center and a lefty specifically in return makes it a lot more difficult for a team like the Detroit Red Wings to step in there and make the transaction work. They just didn’t have a left-handed defenseman that they could afford to lose, especially not knowing if Quinn Hughes would decide to stay with their team long term. If they lose Edinson and Hughes, then it’s like, okay, well, crap. We’re stuck with Mo Cider as a number one D and Axel Santine Pelica are second best D’s on the second pair. We can’t have both of them together. It’s a tough scenario for a team that wanted to get it done but ultimately lost out to a Minnesota Wild team that had the assets to spare and were willing to shell out those assets. So with that in mind, I want you to let me know your thoughts in the comments section below. How do you feel about this being the reason why the Red Wings could not trade for Quinn Hughes? how Simone Edinson was the guy that they could not get rid of and Axel Sandine Pelica was the guy that Vancouver just didn’t want. Thoughts in the comments section below. I hope you enjoyed this Vish 99 and bye.

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We’re going over the revealed reason on why the Detroit Red Wings couldn’t make a trade for former Vancouver Canucks-turned Minnesota Wild d-man Quinn Hughes.

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.

Quinn Hughes was one of the top NHL prospects at the 2018 NHL Entry Draft.

The 2018 NHL Entry Draft saw many top NHL prospects get selected by a variety of teams. The Top 30 of the draft went as follows:

1st – Buffalo Sabres, Rasmus Dahlin
2nd – Carolina Hurricanes, Andrei Svechnikov
3rd – Montreal Canadiens, Jesperi Kotkaniemi
4th – Ottawa Senators, Brady Tkachuk
5th – Arizona Coyotes, Barrett Hayton
6th – Detroit Red Wings, Filip Zadina
7th – Vancouver Canucks, Quinn Hughes
8th – Chicago Blackhawks, Adam Boqvist
9th – New York Rangers, Vitali Kravtsov
10th – Edmonton Oilers, Evan Bouchard
11th – New York Islanders, Oliver Wahlstrom
12th – New York Islanders (from Calgary Flames), Noah Dobson
13th – Dallas Stars, Ty Dellandrea
14th – Philadelphia Flyers (from St. Louis Blues), Joel Farabee
15th – Florida Panthers, Grigori Denisenko
16th – Colorado Avalanche, Martin Kaut
17th – New Jersey Devils, Ty Smith
18th – Columbus Blue Jackets, Liam Foudy
19th – Philadelphia Flyers, Jay O’Brien
20th – Los Angeles Kings, Rasmus Kupari
21st – San Jose Sharks, Ryan Merkley
22nd – New York Rangers (from Pittsburgh Penguins via Ottawa Senators), K’Andre Miller
23rd – Anaheim Ducks, Isac Lundestrom
24th – Minnesota Wild, Filip Johansson
25th – St. Louis Blues (from Toronto Maple Leafs), Dominik Bokk
26th – Ottawa Senators (from Boston Bruins via New York Rangers), Jacob Bernard-Docker
27th – Chicago Blackhawks (from Nashville Predators), Nicolas Beaudin
28th – New York Rangers (from Tampa Bay Lightning), Nils Lundkvist
29th – Toronto Maple Leafs (from Winnipeg Jets via St. Louis Blues), Rasmus Sandin
30th – Detroit Red Wings (from Vegas Golden Knights), Joe Veleno

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