Canucks fans’ response to Hughes’ return was (rightfully) tamer than Tkachuk’s:

Oct 26, 2026, 6:01 PM ET|Comments (0)

from Daily Faceoff, by Scott Maxwell,

Despite the fact that the trade happened almost a year ago, Quinn Hughes finally played his first game against the Vancouver Canucks in Vancouver after he was dealt to the Minnesota Wild . There were some expectations that it would carry similar weight to Brady Tkachuk’s return to Ottawa earlier in the week, but at the same time, it was a much less volatile situation. In the end, Canucks fans had more fun at the expense of the Wild themselves than Hughes with the contract situation, the former captain had a ( mostly ) warm welcome, and he even got the last laugh with the Wild winning and him notching his 500th career point by scoring the eventual game-winning goal.

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