The good news is the lower-body ailment that has kept Quinn Hughes out of the lineup for the past three games appears to be almost healed. The bad news is the Vancouver Canucks ’ captain isn’t quite ready to play. Article content

That’s the word before Hughes’s Canucks face the Minnesota Wild on Saturday in St. Paul, Minn. Article content Article content

The Canucks headed on their current road trip on Wednesday without Hughes, who had missed the previous two games. The Canucks flew to St. Louis and beat the Blues Thursday — losing Brock Boeser in the opening minute. But even before that game, it was suggested that Hughes could join his teammates before one of the other two games on the trip.

And now Hughes has joined them, having flown out to Minneapolis. He’s with his mate

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