New Jersey Devils suddenly clear frontrunners to land Quinn Hughes

Vancouver Canucks v New Jersey Devils | Elsa/GettyImagesIf the New Jersey Devils truly want to complete the trifecta and reunite Vancouver Canucks captain Quinn Hughes with younger brothers Jack and Luke ahead of schedule, they may have just received their best piece of news on that front yet.

According to longtime Canucks insider Rick Dhaliwal, via a recent episode of the "Canucks Talk" podcast, the organization likely feels that trading Hughes away now would be better than doing so later.

"I do believe that they internally do think that it’s better to move him this year if - capital letters - if he doesn’t want to commit to the franchise long-term," Dhaliwal said. "Maybe you get more from…