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In a blockbuster trade, Minnesota added Quinn Hughes on Friday. “It will be exciting to see what he can do there and it’ll be fun to play against him tonight,” Tom Wilson said.

Minnesota Wild President of Hockey Operations and General Manager Bill Guerin today announced the National Hockey League (NHL) club has acquired defenseman Quinn Hughes from the Vancouver Canucks in exchange for center Marco Rossi,

The Minnesota Wild sit at 19-9-5 ahead of a Tuesday night game with the Washington Capitals. The matchup marks defenseman Quinn Hughes’ second game with the Wild, and a return from injury for winger Marcus Foligno. Foligno was activated off I.R. Tuesday afternoon.

Quinn Hughes scored in his Minnesota debut and the Wild beat the Boston Bruins 6-2 for their fourth straight win.

Quinn Hughes is officially a member of the Minnesota Wild -- and we try to make sense of it in the latest edition of the NHL Power Rankings.

Indeed, when the Wild got their initial man advantage of the night versus Boston, it was Hughes taking the first shift on the blue line.

Does Hughes slot in as a partner to likely Team USA teammate Brock Faber? What does that mean for the rest of the Minnesota lineup?