from Patrick Johnston of the Vancouver Province,

If we are to believe Sportsnet’s Elliotte Friedman, the Vancouver Canucks have only one untouchable player in Elias Pettersson.

There’s no doubt that Pettersson is the team’s best player and the Canucks should do everything in their power to retain him....

So, yes, the entire focus of Canucks’ management should be on retaining Pettersson.

Their efforts must extend to a second player though: Quinn Hughes.

Friedman suggested on the 32 Thoughts portion of Hockey Night in Canada on Saturday that only Pettersson is truly untouchable for Canucks management, with the caveat that it would take a mountain of an offer for the Canucks to even consider trading Hughes.

But truly, there’s no replacing Hughes’ talent on the Canucks’ blueline. Hughes is, simply, the most dynamic defenceman that has ever played for the Canucks.

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