Hughes got the 311th assist of his career earlier today in just his 388th game. Alexander Edler needed more than double the number of games, 925 to be exact, to collect his 310 assists.
"That young lad's a defenceman!?"
Wayne Gretzky, 2021
https://www.nhl.com/canucks/news/quinn-hughes-becomes-franchise-leader-in-assists-from-a-defenceman
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For a franchise that’s been around as long as Vancouver has that point total seems kinda low tbh.
Good for the kid tho.
#Thuggy 🐻 the ICON
Oh captain my captain.
Talk to me when he passes Edler in blocks
he’s only 25 thats crazy
It’s kind of crazy to think Vancouver has never had a true offensive defenseman in their entire history up until Hughes. They had Paul Reinhart for 2 seasons at the end of his career, but no one else would be considered an offensive play driver.