Canucks: Hughes's ice time is down as Tocchet looks to manage minutes

One thing is clear with coach Rick Tocchet in charge of the Vancouver Canucks: Quinn Hughes is playing less.

The Canucks’ No. 1 defenceman was regularly hitting 26 minutes per night under former coach Bruce Boudreau, but in the first five games under Tocchet, Hughes only played just over 24 minutes in a game once.

Under Boudreau, Hughes was averaging 18:47 per game at 5-on-5.

Under Tocchet, Hughes is playing 17:10 per game at 5-on-5.

Is this a case of seeing if Hughes can up the quality of his game if given a little less in quantity?

The trade off, of course, is handing minutes to

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