Quinn Hughes Captaincy Announcement

General Manager Patrik Allvin, Head Coach Rick Tocchet and Quinn Hughes meet with the media to announce Hughes becoming the #Canucks 15th captain in franchise history.
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[@CanuckClay]

A wonderful player on the ice, likely widely-respected in the locker room, and excellent with the media. Solid choice.

[@GaryM42069]

I agree

[@itsthrone2520]

If clay agrees, we made the right decision 😎❤

[@Looch1717]

Does he scream captain to you though? Really doesnt to me

[@mashmarttv]

best def since paul coffey..

[@ThaNongShim]

Quinn is an absolute stud

[@kerrydustin3996]

So hot right now.

[@mitchkeychain5815]

I’m a hawks fan, but Hughes was a great Choice as Nucks Captain. Bros insane on the Blue Line

[@AllCanucks]

Thanks Mitch @@mitchkeychain5815

[@sleevelessace]

@@mitchkeychain5815 u think u guys are making bedard Captain this year?, or give him a couple more years? i thought they were gonna do a crosby or mcdavid n make him captain right away

[@mitchkeychain5815]

@@sleevelessace this year probably not. I’d say probably in 25-26 season when we get more and more young pieces to add around him. I do think he will be captain just in another couple seasons.

[@smarty432]

Captains should always be level-headed and outspoken as Hughes is He was the only one who had the balls to speak out for Pearson. He wants it and he deserves it. Petterson clearly doesn't want the Captaincy as he is not comfortable speaking for the team and rather do the talking on the ice. JT is a great soldier and will lead everyone to his standards on the ice.

[@AllCanucks]

Why didnt you say anything about Demko?

[@DefineSeizure]

what hpapened with pearson?

[@ShenaniganSync]

@@DefineSeizure The team botched his hand surgery and lengthened his absence from the game massively

[@ShenaniganSync]

@@AllCanucks We aren't doing another goalie captain lol

[@AllCanucks]

shen i really hope demko is healthy@@ShenaniganSync

[@nicholaslouie7590]

Absolutely deserved. Congratulations Quinn Hughes!!!

[@stefynose]

I like that he acknowledged other players. Seems humble and hardworking. Best of luck. Also, thanks for acknowledging 911. Never forget.

[@gopropeterchockey]

Hughes will be a leader in the mold of Naslund and Hank. All supremely talented, leading by example and carrying on the tradition of what it means to be a Vancouver Canuck. Great choice!

[@Looch1717]

Yeah and look at how much success those guys brought!

[@ssh3035]

They never won though…I hope as an oilers fan you can’t take w team to a cup final and lose:.. just to think it’s good enough.. I think stud dman will have a better chance than Petey to take you to the ultimate goal.. the twins, naslund, and linden were all great.. but if Hughes wants to lead this team to the next step.. he’s gotta be better at than them.. and he might just do it,. Way better choice than little petey, or emotional Miller..

[@trapz4550]

I have been a Canucks fan since the first game played. Listening to Quinn I have a great sense of excitement for this year and am passionately waiting for a puck drop.

[@Singsy24]

Great young man, amazing player, and a very thoughtful guy. Love the thinking here.

[@Energizedd]

singsy buddy i didnt expect to see you here #GamenotesDaily

[@Singsy24]

@@Energizedd Yo Zane! You ready for the season? How great was Game Notes? What a run!

[@brettmckenzie6569]

thank you quinn for addressing 9-11 and the impact it has had. lest we forget, you are truly an amazing person quinn and you deserve this great honor

[@dominiksodin6965]

Absolute legend. I'm so pumped. Let's go

[@stevocanuck]

I love this. Just proves you don’t need to be the most vocal. You’re a leader if you lead by example

[@danwinfield6862]

I mean he's more vocal than Petey.

[@stevediamond1747]

@@danwinfield6862 I was thinking the same thing lol, like.. wut?

[@lavk2777]

This is super deserved. Perfect timing too imo. Can’t wait for the season!

[@elieugene100]

Congrats Quinn !!!

[@Count3d]

Cheers to Captain Quinn! He's a great choice, very happy for the guy!

[@vancitycanucks]

Great choice and a great way of acknowledging other players too.

[@honeyb15]

so happy with this choice!!! congrats to quinn, i'm super excited for this upcoming season :)

[@glennadamsmusic]

Congrats Huggy!! The team made a great choice!

[@glennhankins6927]

Vancouver is notorious for bad decision making. Virtanen.....Podkolzin.... Juolevi over Tkachuk..... and now this. The kid is not ready and not suitable for this role. J.T. Miller is the heart and soul veteran leader of the Canucks.

[@norvanman6125]

@@glennhankins6927 glenn the fake fan malcontent strikes again 🤡🤡🤡

[@LimaClawZulu]

@@glennhankins6927 That's literally just your opinion. Lol. Its a letter on a jersey. Calm down.

[@irubanomlas]

@@glennhankins6927those were draft picks made by a different gm, how does that compare to a new gm making an entirely different kind of decision

[@samjam6989]

​@@glennhankins6927lol you are dumb man. Hughes is the best choice as Captain. Who would you choose? Petey who might leave? Demko? 30 year old Miller? Or go captainless for another 5 years with no direction?

[@bikeman1396]

Congrats hughes! Congrats canucks you have yet another great leader

[@TheClumsyChicken]

Finally some happy news for this team, hope they can have a stronger start this year and Hughes can be the driving force of the team

[@MicBergsma]

Yes I'm stoked!!

[@dubplatenate]

I like this direction. Let's go boys! I waited a long smoky summer for this.

[@shigthehandyman]

So excited for this year!!!

[@bozo8603]

Either one of Petey or Hughes would have been a good call. Happy for Quinn and looking forward to the season.

[@beckicave7611]

Congratulations Huggy Bear 🎉 You've always been my favourite and my only straight crush lol. You are gonna be an incredible captain.

[@elfrenordsman]

Atta boi Captain Huggy! Lead this team to our first Stanley Cup, no matter what it takes! Take us there. Show that "for free" guy you're the better captain!

[@SDoucet]

We love you hughes, see you on the ice sooooon!! LETS GOO CANUCKS!@

[@kylepedersen335]

/The fact he mentioned 9/11 shows you everything. Guy is class.

[@quonslecn7755]

HE LOOKS SOOOO HAPPY!!!!!

[@adinwng]

The Captain that will take us to the cup. Book it

[@kA-gk8ub]

🙏

[@Scullyplays]

He is soo good to be a captain he is soo good on the ice and in the room I'm soo glad we have a d men like him and some how he went 7th I would of picked him 1st

[@bacchigaloupe1]

Kids a Stud!!! Congrats Quinn!!!!

[@mikeruxpin2829]

Gratz Quinn.. new Era begins!

[@Boomboy53]

Correct man for the job! Best choice imo. I’m super excited for the future.

[@sleevelessace]

such class mentioning 9/11 on a day thats all about him... great leader this season unlocked a new level of his game... making him captain was the best choice canucks made ina LONG time.. aswell as hireing tocc, also you think he would be really quiet on ice, some can lead like that, but i watched a micd up game and he was filling that role perfectly

[@robbb-we7uj]

Buddy dropped a "we will never forget" LOL what a chad

[@josepollo9326]

It’s 911 he’s American and his grandfather was a NYC firefighter you’re pathetic.

[@AGXtube]

Good for him!

[@GUTOMOFFICIAL]

Congrats!

[@unpaved7040]

Go Canucks Go!

[@gucci1131]

YES!

[@tjj_]

STUD!!! Congrats huggy bear 🐻

[@DanHD04]

Among other things for a team trying to focus on restructuring and strengthening its team defence; making Quinn the Captain is the right move

[@colnando]

Best choice, well done!

[@Canuck-Fiend]

Hopefully they are planning on building the team around him, i can see him being a good team captain

[@User-wt9jk]

YESSS!!!

[@Roberto-1]

Let's go Quinn! 💪💪💪

[@MosquitoMurderer]

Great choice for captain

[@Platnatimingbelt]

Happy for Hughes I love the guy just hope this doesn't hurt growth witch it won't the C will look good on his jersey and he'll wear it proudly

[@spatzilly]

lets go quinn we love you bring honour back to vancouver!

[@colwolwrite]

Is it just me or did that press conference feel like a funeral? No one smiling, they didn't give him a captain Jersey. They constantly make references that any of the other guys could be captain. Real down vibes. This should feel like a celebration and it clearly doesn't.

[@jeffa.7618]

Well, there's not a lot to happy about in Vancouver rn atm. But I agree with your observations on tone and vibe, 100%. Mentioning 9/11 right off the bat set the tone that continued throughout.

[@Jayval1428]

He’ll be off to play with his brothers soon enough

[@SimonBaldock]

This management group and coach are still ...... iffy as far as I'm concerned.

[@AGXtube]

He is the new CAPTAIN SERIOUS!

[@danielupsdell2697]

congratulations Quinn well Deserved

[@mdemko]

WOO-HOO fired up... this presser got me buzzin !!!

[@annielindsay8338]

Congratulations Quinn ,you deserve it

[@brayden04]

Love how Quinn is the captain, great decision, hopefully the Canucks can make the playoffs this year😂

[@jbainbridge22]

Why didn't they hand him a sweater with a C on it just for fun :(

[@spinuck9180]

Congratulations Quinn

[@lil_bear]

Good decision by the Canucks well done.

[@MasterslayerG]

Canucks are the bomb this year. Hope they don't explode. Great coach, goalie, great star players.

[@_Kai_16]

LET’S GO HUGGY BEAR

[@AllCanucks]

LETS GO KAI BEAR

[@smileydelayen697]

Great choice good to see our other top players supporting this decision.

[@coryjohn4057]

Canucks having the worst media in Canada didn't allow them to have this to hold over the players heads. This is huge.

[@sweetlifeofemilyn6708]

Quinn Hughes is 😍😍

[@ibraheemghani7321]

Quinn is an excellent choice, but my number 1 pick for captain was Petey! Nonetheless, I wish him all the best as the 15th captain of the Canucks! I am very happy for Quinn Hughes.

[@johnnybaxter1953]

LETS GO

[@ambjansam]

The Canucks are very lucky to have Quinn Hughes!

[@austinmicona7387]

Woooo hoooo let’s gooooo captain Huggy bear!!!!!

[@byff2323]

This is the right choice.

[@rp.88]

Welcome to the Captain Huggy era!!!

[@kjo14]

Congratz Quinn. you now get to answer the lame questions Van Media has to offer lol.

[@basedcrow]

HUGG-IE!! HUGG-IE!! 🤗

[@SapperRJMorgan]

Wonder about what he’s learned from Bo and the Sedins? That’s the Legacy!!

[@AR-xy5bc]

Markus naslund , mark Messier , Trevor Linden, Henrik sedin , and the kid from my PE class

[@Client1983]

Huggy stepped up last year. Good decision.

[@bluffer8352]

Honestly never really saw him as captain material. Always a star player but hope this is the right decision he will have a hell of a lot of pressure.

[@Gruboria]

The right move. Always name your best player captain.

[@silzero1104]

Quinn Hughes scored his first goal when Bo Horvat was named captain!

[@dmwd96]

I was there. 50th anniversary year. We had such a good feeling about that team and future, before covid and Benning derailed everything. Crazy how fast things can change.

[@RM-we7px]

Coach calls him Huggy 😁

[@mj0821]

I think the main reason they didn’t go with Pettersson is because with uncertainty of his contract they don’t want to make him captain and then have him leave next year

[@SIMON_WAS_H3RE]

W Captain

[@kevvymetal666]

I like him for telling Kuzma to stfu while he was trying his best to make Brock cry for clicks 2 yrs ago. Congrats Hughes!

[@smileydelayen697]

Good choice

[@Bella-yl3po]

Quin absolutely deserves this

[@BikJTube]

Miller should have got it straight the eff up, Putting so much pressure on these young bucks and let's face it, Miller is here for the next 8 seasons if not bought out, Let the vet lead the wave!

[@blite13]

thank you Jim Benning.

[@lessthanthreemetal]

Lol Benning got so lucky he was even there at 7

[@blite13]

@@lessthanthreemetal so lucky......as are most draft picks.

[@grazynazambeanie5963]

" come all without , come all within , you'll not see nothing like the mighty Quinn "

[@1canucksfan402]

Good for Quinn. Petey was my choice but again contract problems. Captain Quinn!

[@canadiantraveller281]

Call him Hughesy, Call him Huggie, call him Captain.

[@markdotinc8371]

Either of EP or QH would be fair but I think this is the right call

[@jase96]

qWIN!

[@ChefC03]

Let's go huggy.

[@sasha1551]

Well it looks like he ain’t goin to the devils any time soon.

[@BillyJoeMcallister]

Excellent choice. Not since Kevin McCarthy has a Dman worn the C.

[@daverepole9283]

Jt miller must feel awesome...

[@COAS16]

Cap Hughes for the W

[@spiritualanalysis]

Rick Tocchet refusing not to ingrain that nickname.

[@littlevictorymc]

this is awesome, only because hopefully this traps him here :) but we know how that worked with the last guy that wore the C

[@shreksswamp1182]

he will be regarded in bout 10 years as the greatest canucks captain since linden.

[@DOW-E]

Uhh Naslund, Sedin…

[@shreksswamp1182]

@@DOW-E i am aware they both were captains, yes.

[@Budtuhrdhj]

He doesn’t look to happy 😂

[@hoangtran2292]

That’s his resting face. He doesn’t smile too much lol. I can relate. Doesn’t mean we are unhappy.

[@WillyHockey]

W

[@Listenavi]

The Hockey media is always so flat. Their is no enthusiasm. It is a sad day as he mentioned but it's also a big day. Can't expect much on 23 year old I guess.