Quinn Hughes Hints at Progress in Contract Talks with Wild

IMAGN IMAGES via Reuters Connect The Minnesota Wild (6-3-2) open a weekend back-to-back in Seattle on Saturday night, one day before Quinn Hughes plays in Vancouver for the first time since the Canucks traded their captain to Minnesota last December. That homecoming is not the only Hughes storyline hanging over this road trip. The 27-year-old is in the final season of a contract that carries a $7.85 million cap hit, and he is on track to become an unrestricted free agent next July. All this just hours after Olympic teammate Connor Hellebuyck was traded to New Jersey Friday, where Hughes brothers Jack and Luke already play. As you can imagine, there s some anxiety creeping into the minds of MN Wild fans across the State of Hockey. Quinn Hughes hints at incoming contract extension with MN Wild? On Saturday, however, Joe Smith (The Athletic) tried to ask Quinn Hughes the same contract question he s been unwilling to answer so far. Is he going to re-sign in Minnesota