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Who won the Hughes trade?

One defenseman vs. three Canucks and a draft pick · Since Dec. 12, 2025

In the red corner
Quinn
Hughes
Minnesota Wild
In the blue corner
Rossi · Buium
· Öhgren
Vancouver Canucks, combined
Winner so far · this season
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Share of the points
–Hughes
–Three Canucks
Gold line = dead even. It swings every time somebody scores.
The tale of the tape

One man vs. a committee

Hughes' numbers on the left. Rossi, Buium and Öhgren added together on the right. Every row is a round; whoever's bigger takes it.

Hughes · MIN
Round
VAN trio
Judges' scorecards

Scored 10–9, round by round

Round winner gets 10, loser 9, a dead heat is 10–10. The second card belongs to a Canucks fan who refuses to give Minnesota the last round.

Round-by-round

The points race

Running point totals from the NHL game logs, game by game.

Line chart of cumulative points: Quinn Hughes versus the combined total of Rossi, Buium and Öhgren.
HughesRossi + Buium + Öhgren
The undercard

Fighter cards

Each Canuck on his own, plus the pick.

How it's scored

The fine print

  1. It's three against one, on purpose. That's what the trade was. Hughes' totals go up against the Canucks trio added together.
  2. "Since the trade" counts every regular-season and playoff game from Dec. 12, 2025 on, for any team. "This season" is 2026-27 regular season only.
  3. The rounds: points, goals, assists, power-play points, shots, plus-minus, and points per 60 minutes of ice time. "This season" adds an eighth round: each team's points percentage in the standings.
  4. The verdict goes to whoever wins more rounds. Win by two or more and it's a decision; by one, a split decision; level, a draw.
  5. The pick isn't scored. Adam Novotný (No. 24, 2026) hasn't played an NHL game. His junior numbers are on his card for reference.
  6. What this ignores: age, contracts, defense, and the small matter of Hughes possibly walking for nothing on July 1, 2027. Buium and the pick could win this in 2032. We only score what's happened.
  7. Stats from the NHL API, refreshed when update.py runs. Last update: –.
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