The Vancouver Canucks traded Quinn Hughes to the Minnesota Wild on Friday. This deal stunned the hockey world, especially the teams that were believed to be in on him. Out of nowhere, the Wild were the team to get it done. Count the New Jersey Devils as one of the teams to fail at landing their target.
There are a lot of reasons that the Devils were unable to make this trade. Cap space is a big one, but none may be bigger than the fact that they couldn't come up with the package that Minnesota did.
Minnesota traded Zeev Buium, Marco Rossi, Liam Ohgren, and a first-round pick to Vancouver in exchange for Quinn Hughes.