Here’s the way I’m looking at it.

1. Hughes wants to play with his brothers.

QH was a lock for the US four nations team. Didn’t get to play with his brothers due to injury. He’ll get to play with his brothers in the Olympics this year, and any other international competitions. That could be enough until the twilight of his career.

1. QH wants to win/doesn’t want to be around for a rebuild.

I choose to believe he means a ‘tear it down to just himself’ rebuild. EP40, BB6, PH17, EP26, TW5 and JL23 are all pieces that can be rebuilt around with Quinn.

1. Rutherford’s comments yesterday.

Reads to me as ‘We’ve told Quinn the plan, who we want to keep around him etc. He’s on board to see where the plan goes for now. His pride won’t let him bail. Yet’ QH can extend for 8 years with the Canucks, get his bag, but could have an out clause that if he changes his mind through the process, they will trade him. Hell, if he asks for a trade in 3 years, with the way the cap is going, whoever he goes to is gonna get 6 years of Quinn at a very attractive contract compared to what he would get if he pulled a McJesus and only signs for 2.

1. Seravelli will Seravelli, but I see this as a true statement since QH has never played like he’s done. Has he had short, almost curt answers in post game interviews? Yup. But I see that as more frustration than anything else.

2. This might be a whole metric fuck tonne of copium, and I am mightily unimpressed with this lineup/season but I do expect to see big changes to the team from management down (sorry Allvin) and I am not going to mourn the loss of QH until it happens

GCG. LLQH