Quinn Hughes Breaks most assists record in Canucks History for Defencemen in 537 Fewer Games

[kanucks25]

Didn't realize VAN was so lacking historically in offensive D until seeing that list.

Hughes is solid obviously, but this highlights how pitiful the Canucks D core has been since the dawn of time more than how good Hughes is.

One of the main reasons it was a piss poor franchise for the first 30 years of its existence.

We've had some great D-men have great years but it took over half a century to get a slam dunk #1 D-man lol.

 

[Coffee]

Totally missed him on the list. Long day driving back

You always hated Edler

 

[TheSuperElite]

not exactly murderer's row, is it

 

[thebigbea]

as a canucks fan, just show how bad canucks were at drafting or developing dmen.

 

[benfranklin]

One of the main reasons it was a piss poor franchise for the first 30 years of its existence.

We've had some great D-men have great years but it took over half a century to get a slam dunk #1 D-man lol.

Im looking for these "great" D-men. This has to be the worst list of any team, especially one that is 50+ years old.

 

[Fraser28]

Why is your tree up already?

Is that a joke? Most people I know have their tree up already.

Why ISN’T yours up yet?

 

[beachcomber]

Hughes is solid obviously, but this highlights how pitiful the Canucks D core has been since the dawn of time more than how good Hughes is.

It all started in 1971 when the Canucks twice passed on Larry Robinson. Cursed.

 

[Duodenum]

Nice to finally have a surefire hall of fame defenseman drafted by the Canucks.

 

[kanucks25]

Im looking for these "great" D-men. This has to be the worst list of any team, especially one that is 50+ years old.View attachment 938503

Guys like Ohlund, Edler, Hamhuis, Bieksa, Tanev (and some older ones before my time) were absolutely #2 D-men in their primes or at least had season(s) performing at that level.

I would classify D-men that could perform well in a top pairing role as "great players", but again we've never had anyone elite.

 

[nucksflailtogether]

Im looking for these "great" D-men. This has to be the worst list of any team, especially one that is 50+ years old.View attachment 938503

Ohlund, Lumme, Lidster, Tanev, Edler, Jovo, Bieksa, Keans, Snepts. Great D-men yes. Obviously nowhere near hall of famers or anything . And obviously not who you want to be headlining your franchise history but here we are.

 

[Raistlin]

Only name I recognize is Lumme and man he sucked as a Leaf

Bieksa??? Analyst extraordinaire?

 

[Svencouver]

He wants another Norris, and a Hart too for that matter.

 

[syz]

Im looking for these "great" D-men. This has to be the worst list of any team, especially one that is 50+ years old.View attachment 938503

Feel like forwards probably wouldn't be much different tbh. A lot better than this list, but probably still not comparable to most franchises who have been around that long.

 

[JianYang]

Im looking for these "great" D-men. This has to be the worst list of any team, especially one that is 50+ years old.View attachment 938503

We would have to stack it up against the other franchises and see where this would rank. It may not be as bad as it looks.

I've generally thought of Vancouver as having some pretty good dmen in their history but not much, if any of the superstar variety.

When you think of their alumni which get the most accolades, it's forward dominated, and on thay front they do have some decent star power.

 

[Murzu]

Hold your breath, Makar will take this away from Hughes too

 

[Phrasing]

An indictment on the quality of Canucks offensive defenseman.

 

[eviohh26]

Hold your breath, Makar will take this away from Hughes too

Closing the point gap on Makar. Was 10 now only 4 away. Makar is a pylon in his own zone on top of all that .

 

[centipede2233]

against Detroit too who passed on him

Here’s a cool fact, every gm who passed on quinn is no longer a gm now

 

[ArGarBarGar]

Bully for him.

I'm not salty at all.

 

[SI90]

Their history isn’t spectacular for defense but that’s still impressive as hell for Hughes. He’s well on his way to being the best defenseman and one of the best players in franchise history

 

[eviohh26]

Their history isn’t spectacular for defense but that’s still impressive as hell for Hughes. He’s well on his way to being the best defenseman and one of the best players in franchise history

If he plays his entire career in Vancouver he will prob go down as #1. Still gotta beat the Sedins though . Both Sedins have a Art Ross and Henrik has a Hart.

 

[HighNote]

Is that a joke? Most people I know have their tree up already.

Why ISN’T yours up yet?

That doesn't make it right

 

[GreatSaveLuongo]

Debrusk seems funny/salty when he mentioned his hatty puck was taken away from him to Hughes for most assists by a Canucks dman.

 

[vadim sharifijanov]

to put hughes into perspective, by christmas he probably will have more assists than any canuck dman other than edler has pts (including ohlund, who he will have played in just over half the games of)

 

[SI90]

If he plays his entire career in Vancouver he will prob go down as #1. Still gotta beat the Sedins though . Both Sedins have an Art Ross and Henrik has a Hart.

Gonna be hard to pass the Sedins. But he definitely can do it.