[Gary Mason] When the trading of Quinn Hughes happens – and right now it seems inevitable – it will mark the lowest point in the franchise’s history. Giving up a generational talent in his prime can’t be viewed any other way.

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  1. For those out of the loop, Gary Mason is a confidant of the Aquilini family. He doesnt say much about the Canucks typically, but when he does, you can assume he was given some sort of info directly from the Aquilini family.

  2. I mark it as a turning point, because I think it finally might force the rebuild because they won’t be able to spin it into a retool like they always do.

  4. Honestly it’s pretty heartbreaking as a fan if they have to trade Quinn Hughes. 

    Quinn Hughes is up there with guys like Pavel Bure, Daniel & Henrik Sedin, Markus Naslund, and Roberto Luongo in Canucks Lore. 

    At such a young age, he’s already a legend. 

  5. Maybe this would be true if we hadn’t already given up a generational talent in his prime before. Being forced to trade Bure because he literally refused to play another game for us with was far worse than a Hughes trade.

  7. I mean at least it’s better than letting him walk for free. That’s another way to view it.

    That being said, I don’t know how anyone in the front office thought the “moves” we made in the off season would translate to a winning team.

  8. I’ve been a fan for a long time and have stayed through the west coast express rebuild/retool into the 2011 era to the dark times that eventually lead to this core. If we trade away Hughes and this is how this era ends, I may need a break from the Canucks for a little bit because it just feels all like a waste of time after 15 years of being optimistic things will turn around.

  9. Trading Hughes for the right package could set this team up for years to come.

    I love Hughes as a canuck but right now he is a gem stuck in a pile of coal. He can be flipped for the right pieces to turn it around quicker than anything else.

    That being said do we trust this management group to get the right deal?

    As for lowest point…. Those of us who lived through the Messier era ( trading Linden, Bure, McLean… ) know it’s not a given but fuck would it be right up there.

  10. It would be a awful moment, but much preferable to having him walk for nothing. That would be the lowest moment imaginable.

    At least a properly executed Hughes trade would be the turning of the page and the start of a new era. The boatload of assets could kickstart a proper rebuild that actually leads to lasting success.

  11. If they trade Hughes, I don’t fucking want Allvin and Rutherford anywhere near that.

    Those two clowns don’t get to make that trade after they’re directly responsible for squandering 4 years of Hughes’s prime here.

  12. The Canucks will be a lesson for future teams on how to completely whiff on building around a true generational talent. Bad trades, poor drafting, awful signings but most important a lack of direction has ruined what should have been a decade of playoff appearances with Quinn at the helm.

  16. I’ve already completely checked out. If Quinn is dealt it may be the final nail for me as a fan.

  17. I remember the Bure saga and how much that hurt. Made it easy to stop watching for a long while.

    Watching Huges today…. as much as I saw Bure as almost like a god it’s clear Hughes is on another level from that and still not even in his prime. Bure should have won a cup, but Hughes is the type that it’s a joke if he doesn’t win a cup. Like how people think of McDavid’s situation.

  19. Crazy that a hughes trade would happen before jim rutherford and PA gets sacked. They built this team, picked the coaches, and chose miller over horvat. Half of the guys they brought in were penguin guys that are bad, or guys they then had to pay to ship out or lost to boston. At least benning drafted hughes pettersson horvat, demko and boeser, and they didn’t hit their primes yet.

  20. Why did Alvin and Rutherford wager their entire professional careers on a rookie head coach? Foote did not even make it through a full year in the WHL

  22. The team needs to be sold to an ownership group that cares. Tired of the constant rebuilds and how we always end up with talent that is beyond their best before date. Case in point the Messier effect.

  23. If they trade Hughes, that’s probably it for me. As an Ontario fan, I find it harder to watch late games, so I’ve been following the team less as it is. This management team is something else.

  24. For real I’m done with this team if they have to trade him.
    Between ownership and management this franchise is a dump.

  26. Best canuck I’ve ever seen on the ice . That being said off the ice hes definitely not captain material and doesnt really seem to give a shit about the franchise or city. Will be fine with seeing him go

  27. You had a generational defenceman on a good contract and you only made the playoffs twice and one of those was a fluke. It’s an embarrassment.

  28. Can someone ELI5 what we’d possibly get in return for Hughes that would make us better? It’s not like another team can give us the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd pick in the draft plus solid roster players. We have proven generational talent in him rn, anything else is a risk whether it pans out or not and will take years to find out.

    I’m just not fully understanding. Demko, Garland, EP40, Boeser, Sherwood etc etc are all players I love but would understand 1:1 returns in trade value as you try to get back the stats/role they bring. But Hughes, arguably one of the best dmen to even come to the game – with a long career ahead to hit full legendary status, playing the role as Captain through all this, I just cannot see any scenario being positive if he goes.

  29. Aqualini has squandered an entire generation of Canucks stars to save a short-term buck. Never forget, never forgive.

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