Quinn Hughes May Be Traded from Vancouver

[hockey jedi]

Do you think Kyrou is enough to get Hughes? I know he wants to be on a team with his brothers, but maybe it's worth the gamble. He has two years left on his contract. If he has no indication of signing with us, we trade him at the deadline.

[bluetunehead]

We’d get him for a year and a half and then just have to move him again. Not worth it IMO.

[HighStick]

Do you think Kyrou is enough to get Hughes? I know he wants to be on a team with his brothers, but maybe it's worth the gamble. He has two years left on his contract. If he has no indication of signing with us, we trade him at the deadline.

I'm not giving up Kyrou for Hughes. No way!
I'm done with small defensemen....done.
I hope Army learned his lesson with Krug.

[netboy65]

Do you think Kyrou is enough to get Hughes? I know he wants to be on a team with his brothers, but maybe it's worth the gamble. He has two years left on his contract. If he has no indication of signing with us, we trade him at the deadline.

What makes you even think Kyrou would want to go to Vanc?

Not nearly enough anyway, Canucks would have to add

[theograce]

He’s just too small

[TheHighHat]

I'm sorry guys.
The Blues would have to add to get Q. Hughes.
Kyrou does not have near the trade value that you think.
Hughes has tons more trade value than Bowen Byram for example.

Of course New Jersey is the obvious destination.
It comes down to if Fitzpatrick wants him 2 years early.
NJ would have to give up Silayev and Nemec along with picks because they would need for the Nucks to also take back B. Dillon.
Dumping Dillon clears up some cap space and also a spot on LHD.

If the Devils acquire Hughes without trading Nemec, they'll take about anything in return from another team to dump Hamilton and his 9 per.

Hughes does have 26 points in only 30 career playoff games but would need a big RHD partner to allow him to do his thing.
Even though he is small, many teams would love for him to improve their transition game. It's top notch.

Do you want Hughes on the ice in the last minute defending a one goal lead? No.
But you certainly would want him out there in almost every other situation as long as he has the correct partner.

He's not coming to STL but it's fun to speculate.

[hockey jedi]

Do you think Kyrou is enough to get Hughes? I know he wants to be on a team with his brothers, but maybe it's worth the gamble. He has two years left on his contract. If he has no indication of signing with us, we trade him at the deadline.

What makes you even think Kyrou would want to go to Vanc?

Not nearly enough anyway, Canucks would have to add

Kyrou's time in St. Louis will end awkwardly. I can't see Kyrou wanting to play for St. Louis after learning the Blues were exploring trades for him. His tenure has been turbulent to say the least. I am sure he wants out of St. Louis, and the Blues don't seem to want him.

Also, responding to another poster. The only thing Hughes has in common with Krug is size. I guess we don't have a need for a defenseman that put up 16G 60A for 76 points. We must be too good.

[theograce]

His tenure has been turbulent to say the least. I am sure he wants out of St. Louis, and the Blues don't seem to want him.

Tarasenko’s was much much more turbulent. He wanted out too. He was a blue a long time

[STL fan in MN]

Do you think Kyrou is enough to get Hughes? I know he wants to be on a team with his brothers, but maybe it's worth the gamble. He has two years left on his contract. If he has no indication of signing with us, we trade him at the deadline.

What makes you even think Kyrou would want to go to Vanc?

Not nearly enough anyway, Canucks would have to add

Um, no. Quinn Hughes won the Norris a year ago and finished 3rd this year. The Blues would need to include a big + in addition to Kyrou to get Hughes.

Some of you may not like undersized d-men but his trade value would be immense.

That said, nobody should be trading for him unless they feel pretty confident he’d re-sign with them. And I just don’t see how the Blues could have that level of comfort at this point.

If he’s getting traded it’s likely to NJ.

[JoshInFenton]

He's worth loads to Vancouver, and he's worth not nearly that to all but lets say 3-4 teams in the league. Only really worth it to go win a cup or if you are new jersey.

They'll demand the moon until they wait too long is my guess, they couldn't manage their way out of a paper bag in Vancouver these days.

[TAFKAP]

Kyrou's time in St. Louis will end awkwardly. I can't see Kyrou wanting to play for St. Louis after learning the Blues were exploring trades for him. His tenure has been turbulent to say the least. I am sure he wants out of St. Louis, and the Blues don't seem to want him.

If that were the case, his agent should have negotiated the NTC to start day one. To get pissy because a GM is listening to offers is stupid. For the record, I don't think it meant anything to him.

[JoshInFenton]

Kyrou's time in St. Louis will end awkwardly. I can't see Kyrou wanting to play for St. Louis after learning the Blues were exploring trades for him. His tenure has been turbulent to say the least. I am sure he wants out of St. Louis, and the Blues don't seem to want him.

If that were the case, his agent should have negotiated the NTC to start day one. To get pissy because a GM is listening to offers is stupid. For the record, I don't think it meant anything to him.

I believe it's age 27 or accrued seasons that are required for a player to be eligible for a NTC, though i could be wrong.

If a player can't handle being traded, they probably shouldn't play in the NHL. With all due respect, it's the nature of the business.

[DawgDad]

No. You are St. Louis, embrace dull family values and avoid the coastal glamor boys.

[bluetunehead]

Kyrou's time in St. Louis will end awkwardly. I can't see Kyrou wanting to play for St. Louis after learning the Blues were exploring trades for him. His tenure has been turbulent to say the least. I am sure he wants out of St. Louis, and the Blues don't seem to want him.

If that were the case, his agent should have negotiated the NTC to start day one. To get pissy because a GM is listening to offers is stupid. For the record, I don't think it meant anything to him.

The idea that Kyrou is going to be disgruntled and want out because there were trade rumors is pretty silly. If that were true then about a third of the league would be demanding trades from their teams at any given time.

Re: his NTC, he got it as early as he could. Players aren’t eligible until they’ve reached what would be their first UFA year, which for Kyrou is this season. The first two years of his deal were RFA years when players can’t have NTCs.

[theograce]

Kyrou's time in St. Louis will end awkwardly. I can't see Kyrou wanting to play for St. Louis after learning the Blues were exploring trades for him. His tenure has been turbulent to say the least. I am sure he wants out of St. Louis, and the Blues don't seem to want him.

If that were the case, his agent should have negotiated the NTC to start day one. To get pissy because a GM is listening to offers is stupid. For the record, I don't think it meant anything to him.

The idea that Kyrou is going to be disgruntled and want out because there were trade rumors is pretty silly. If that were true then about a third of the league would be demanding trades from their teams at any given time.

Re: his NTC, he got it as early as he could. Players aren’t eligible until they’ve reached what would be their first UFA year, which for Kyrou is this season. The first two years of his deal were RFA years when players can’t have NTCs.

Players want out for lots of reasons. Berube, Armstrong and our current coach are all close friends. I’m sure they try and keep it professional, but I’m sure there’s not tons of love either.

[rezero]

Trading for Hughes would be a horrible move unless we think he is the one piece that will bring us the cup for 2025-26. We only get him for 1 year, then he walks for a $10+M/7yr deal.