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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