Twenty years later, it’s changing into the Devils’ time to reap the rewards of concord. 20 years after Scott Niedermayer adopted his coronary heart to hitch his brother Rob throughout the nation in Anaheim, it’s only a matter of time earlier than Quinn Hughes comes cross-continent the opposite option to comply with the identical dream.
The eldest Hughes sibling has made it clear he needs to unite with Jack and Luke. Right here’s a secret: It’s not going to be in Vancouver. Quinn might have two years remaining on his contract earlier than he can turn into a free agent in 2027, however there isn’t any cause to delay the inevitable.
The earlier the higher for the Canucks, whose season was destroyed from loud noise inside and have misplaced the coach in Rick Tocchet the group needed to retain.
No less than the Vancouver hierarchy may have the chance to get one thing in return — it must be a bounty — for the sensible 25-year-old defenseman the best way that the Devils didn’t when the then-30-year-old Scott Niedermayer bolted in the summertime of 2005 after the ultimate yr of his contract expired through the canceled 2004-05 season.
