ST. PAUL, Minn. – Minnesota Wild general manager Bill Guerin said when a player like Quinn Hughes is available, you make the call.

Guerin did just that roughly one week ago, after encouragement from assistant general manager Mat Sells, who told Guerin: "This might sound nuts, but ... maybe make the call."

"And I did," said Guerin.

On Friday night, Vancouver Canucks president of hockey operations Jim Rutherford called back.

Guerin was in the middle of preparing meatballs for Christmas Eve dinner. Christmas was indeed coming early for the Wild, with Rutherford accepting Guerin's offer of Marco Rossi , Zeev Buium , Liam Ohgren and a first-round pick in the 2026 NHL Draft in exchange for the 2023-24 Norris Trophy winner.

“I had to take my latex gloves off, I was rolling meatball

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