How the Quinn Hughes Trade Could Reshape the NHL Power Landscape Forever
The Blackhawks and Mammoth, two up-and-coming teams, face a more challenging ascent as the Wild level up.
St. Louis, which was viewed in a similar vein to Minnesota before the season started, now seems miles behind the latter.
Winner: Judd Brackett
In 2020, following disagreements on autonomy and a breakdown of trust with then-Canucks GM Benning, Brackett left Vancouver to take over as the Wild’s director of amateur scouting.
Since then, Minnesota has built up one of the best prospect pipelines in the NHL. And as many people pointed out in the aftermath of the Hughes trade, it was the inclusion of three of Brackett’s first-round draft picks in Rossi, Buium, and Öhgren that got the deal across the finish line. That has to be a massive feather in Brackett’s cap.
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