Barn Burner: Boomer & Pinder with Rhett Warrener - The Quinn Hughes Situation Is Getting VERY Interesting… 😬 | BB Clips

Episode Date: September 9, 2026

Boomer, Pinder and Rhett dive into the ongoing Quinn Hughes situation in Minnesota as the Wild continue to wait for their superstar defenceman to sign a new contract. Bill Guerin remains confident a deal will eventually get done and communication between the two sides has reportedly been good, but with training camp right around the corner and Hughes still unsigned beyond this season, how high should the panic level be in Minnesota? The guys discuss what Hughes could be waiting for, whether the biggest sticking point is money or term, and the possibility that he eventually wants to line up his future with his brothers Jack and Luke in New Jersey. Hughes has made it clear he likes Minnesota, but the Devils speculation isn't going anywhere — especially when he continues to spend so much time around his brothers. The Wild gave up a massive package to acquire Hughes and can't afford to lose him for nothing, so at what point does this go from normal contract negotiations to a legitimate reason for Wild fans to start panicking?Video Link: https://youtu.be/SgsxhtOXfS4#nhl #nhlshorts #nhlplayoffs #nhlpredictions #nhlhockey #nhlpicks #stanleycup #stanleycupfinal #minnesotawildCHECK OUT OUR STUFF ⬇️BARN BURNER MERCHhttps://nationgear.ca/collections/shirts/FlamesnationBARN BURNER SHORTShttps://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLj_bcGtvvo-cW2DHEDZ6dEO5ePDmlhZc9&si=jo8iNGxT4ImhS2Y8📲 Follow us:Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/fnbarnburner/X (Twitter): https://x.com/barnburnerfn?lang=en🎧 Listen on:Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/be/podcast/barn-burner-boomer-pinder-with-rhett-warrener/id1648562889Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/3Mc6Qd5U22R2zbMlQ7RxIiProducer: Jack Haverstock Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

What's the temperature today? September 9th. It's about 18. On sunny. For cast light clouds. Not much for clouds, actually. On Quinn Hughes saying, Billy G.

Pass me a pen. I'm going to sign that sucker. Let's do this. I'm a Minnesota wild. For life. Yeah, not for life. I don't see that deal for, uh, for the next,

the next good chunk of my of my prime i'm going to be here because apparently still likes his brothers as we saw does he like the devils though because they both play for the devils and that's i think i'd pick minnesota over new jersey right now well that's based on what based on last year based on the fact that i think new jersey deleted more than they added based on the fact that i think Minnesota got a little better with the Coleman deal. I just like Minnesota's roster a lot better. What if you eliminate Quinn Hughes from that roster? Yeah, I know.

I mean, he'll help the devils get better and he'll hurt the wild if he goes and trade, but you're also not giving up for free. Put him on the keys who have given up to get him. I don't know. But if that's the thing, if he is not prepared to sign in Minnesota and wants to play with his brothers, he controls that. It's going to take a year, but he controls that. Yeah. And if you're the wild, you move them at the deadline. If you haven't got something done, I would think is the most reasonable outcome.

Right. So that's what that's what my question is. Yeah, I'm not really panicked yet. Like I don't think Caprizo of Norm McDavid were signed at this time in the last two years. And I remember people being like, oh, it's not going to happen. You're like, there's really a pressure point in it. Is there? No. And again, once we get into the season, I think it's probably a little more. Like I think when Connor signed, it was like the eve of the opener, I want to say. Understand what I'm not not what I don't hear what I'm not saying. Ryan's what I. What I'm. What I'm. What I'm. saying is what do you think? I'm not saying are you short term. Are you, yeah, I'm not saying are you panicked. It's just if you, it's early September, we talked about it, I guess about a month or two ago. Still unsigned

camp is days away. Yeah, I think they get it done. I've been consistent on that and I might be totally wrong. I just see a really good team that's that's close. It's the same as talking about Nemich and

and parac. How do we know? We're guessing. Fuse knows what he wants to do. It's confusing to me. I mean, maybe the agents sitting there going, I'm going to work through this a little more.

I'm like, well, what else are you working through? Like, even the Caprisov deal, it's like, well, he didn't take 16, well, 17 and a half. What's like, okay, well, good on him. Like, is it that?

is the agent. September 30th, I just looked it up. That was the day Caprizov signed 2025. Yeah. It's more about the, what is he going to learn from now until the day he signs? Is there more money out there that Billy's trying,

right? Caprizov in a way called a bluff, not a bluff, but he's like, he just, he had the balls to say no to an amazing contract because he knew there was more money. Is that what Hughes is doing?

I don't know, but it's the same with McDavid. Like, why did it take until October 6th and September 30th? I don't know. I think McDavid was thinking about leaving. And I think McDavid's completely different because he signed for 12 and a half. It wasn't about money. Yeah, yeah.

Yeah, that's fair. Right. But again, to the same question, like, did something occur between August 15 and October 6th? Or he's like, you know what? I am going to do 12 and a half and stay here. Like, well, I can understand. Well, I can understand McDavid's. waiting and just finally deciding because he's going, if I'm going to take way less,

yeah, I want to be sure and maybe he came to that with Hughes. Maybe it's the exact same. He's like, I'm just not sure. Yeah. And I think if I was handicapping it, I'd say a short-term deal with Hughes is probably the place these two parties can meet. I don't think he wants to commit long term. I think he'd love to play with his brothers.

I don't think he thinks right now is necessarily the best time to do it. And you can jump back into the market and get even more money. I understand why Kail McCar locked in at eight years, but I don't see Quinn Hughes doing that. No, I don't either. I think it's the comments from Garin after the McCar signing were kind of, were kind of interesting as well, only Quinn, you know, I'm paraphrasing. It was like, Kail McCar, wanted what he wanted to do.

That doesn't mean that's what, that's what, that's what, Quinn Hughes wants. We don't what, what does Quinn Hughes really want? And I like you say, right, I think that's part of that there is no pressure point. There's no need to sign. The money is only going to get greater. That's the other thing by waiting. I'm not going to cost myself a dime. Imagine if you sign this in July, how many million you'd left on the table. Yeah. So sorry for for Billy Garron. I appreciate that you gave up a shit ton to get me here, but I just, uh, I don't know yet. I'm just going to sit. It's going to, you know, that picture you showed. Does that matter to him? And I don't even mean with his brothers lifestyle.

Like you can say that Minnesota, the team, and I don't dislike the city. I don't know nothing about it. It's not New York City to your point. That's my point. And you can live in Manhattan and play for the devils. Like it's not. I don't have to sign here. I'll play this contract out. I'm not doing wrong by you. You want to trade me. Go ahead. I don't give a shit. I'm not living here for the next two, three, five, four, ten years. I want to live here. I've earned that right. And I have no idea what that matters to him. And guys like that, and Pinder, you're not wrong.

Minnesota's got a better roster, but there's a better roster with Quinn Hughes in it. Now, they can trade him, get pieces back, and maybe they're just as good. I have no idea. But Quinn Hughes is good enough that he believes where he goes, they have a chance.

So if you throw him in Jersey with his brothers, just as a what-ev, That team, what would bet 365 do if Quinn Hughes has put him on that roster? Put him on the devil's roster. Drive me on top six or seven and odds. There you go. So how much different is it than Minnesota? If Quinn Hughes goes and signs their plays in Jersey, they're going to.

Yeah, and there's some nuance there. Like if you wait till free agency and Quinn's like, I'm just going to walk this right to you, I can go to Jersey. I don't hurt the roster. And then there's the, oh, Minnesota's going to trade them to Jersey. Then it's like, well, there's a, you look at the four pieces that they get. gave up to get him from Vancouver. Like that would put a hole in Jersey's roster.

I wonder if he just waits if that's what I was that's what I was saying is he controls it. If he wants to go there, he can go there. And you would think for for the devils again, collusion insider trading. If you believe that he's going to sign there as a free agent, why you're not going I give up all the firsts. Why trade anything this? You'll get more from another team. If you're Bill Guerin, then you probably would from the devils, even though

the devils is likely the well and that's where Vancouver found out right that's we got all the hurt feelings when Minnesota stepped up offered more than Jersey did they had to go around the room and ask guys about no trade clauses like Jersey's kind of been playing it like we know we're getting them and maybe they will

we got a new GM now I think there's more confidence in that front office than there was they don't have the cap space now but they've got some time to figure that out yeah like you might be a $20 million dollar gun I would worry if I build getting it. I don't know. Okay, so you can't get him signed and it's Christmas.

You're going to get a haul trade in him. I don't know what his trade. Are you? Yeah, I think you would. From who? Well, like, for example, Panarin, I guess it was contingent on an extension, but like he's well past his prime years and still got a first and an A crossman. I don't know how you compare Panera.

I just mean a guy that moved at the deadline heading into you. That's the highest profile guy I can think. Okay. Well, just play this in a first thing. scenario out, but try to play it out with open eyes where you're a team going, this guy didn't sign a mini who's got a hell of a squad. Clearly, it's not just about being on a good hockey team. Yeah. It's a rental. Yeah. At worst, it's a rental. Yeah. Okay, but Minnesota didn't trade for Hughes thinking he's a rental. No, so you might not get the four pieces. You might get two and a half or three. Yeah. Panarin was a third, a fourth and green tree. The first. traded from the Rangers to the Kings for Liam Green Tree a conditional third and a conditional fourth There was a first in that deal I thought

What do you They picked with LA's pick in the first round Did they not? It's not what I'm I thought he's the only winger that moved for a first last year Garland went for a second and a third Coleman went for second third fourth Whatever it was

But anyway I mean regardless of with that It's maybe not the best comp But it would be No I just mean like it's a high profile I'm a profile star that you know is a rental. No, maybe it's a little different there. If you know that there's really no chance of signing him long term, what are you going to? Because I think when, when Garan made that deal, he's like, we'll get him here and we're going to get him signed.

We got we got Caprizov signed. We got this young team. We'll get him into our ecosystem and we're going to get him signed, even if it takes the max. And with how things have changed even since then, the max might not get it done. Because he can get the max in a number of places. He's getting the max. I'm wherever where he.

Wherever, if he wants it, he'll get it. And wherever he goes. And it's up for him to decide. And that's why. And I'm not saying that Minnesota is going to crumble and not be able to trade him. I just don't know that you're going like. Well, we talked, I think we talked about it last week or a couple weeks ago. Of the potential outcomes of this scenario,

it cannot be they keep him and walk him to UFO. No, you don't do it. You just can't. No. Billy G goes from the most brilliant GM in the league to an idiot. I mean, you see what you get for them. Who knows, right? Like, I get your point.

It's going to be hard to win that deal, have it look anywhere near as good. Like, yeah. We all thought the jets were going to get soaked on that Truba deal and they came out on the winning side of it. That's ages ago, but it was a guy that clearly wanted out that wasn't going to be there. Yeah, I don't know. I have less of, I'm probably less optimistic for the wild than you would be. There's no trade protection on the contract. So at least Billy can get a huge bidding war as a rental.

Imagine your team like Carolina or whatever, you're like two first, top prospect. Yes, another cup. Let's go. I mean, you might be right. You come trade deadline time and teams are adding players not with the necessarily the notion that will, and we'll sign him once this year is up. It's just he makes us better immediately. There would not be a better rental in the world than that.

No, it'd be unbelievable. I don't know that you've seen a guy that good move at the deadline in 10 years. I'm trying to think of an example. It's a superstar. Tennis fans, though. Top three or four in his position in the world. It's odd to, like, you bring up a good point there, Pender, where it feels like the whole landscape of everything is different. There's more money and there's kids signing for huge dough.

And we've got players like, Hughes that who the hell can pick up Quinn Hughes at the trade deadline I'm not if it happens oh yeah you become a favor any team that's in the top 16

all of a sudden's like whoa whoa adjust the ledger they just got Quinn can Hughes yeah so we're going to grab this Hall of Fame defenseman in his crime to add for a playoff run like Ray Bork got traded but he was 38 or whatever yes yeah yeah

players Different universe, man. It really is. And again, like the one thing that, Dino said that I think his nails is just like, there has been nobody that was glad they signed early in the last 12 months. Everyone that waited was handsomely rewarded. Yeah. There is no rush if I'm a player or I'm an agent.

And if the Minnesota wild say, this is our best offer on September 15th, I smile and say, that's great. We'll talk in a couple weeks. And then they have September 30th, they say, this is my best offer. I'm like, that's awesome. We'll talk in November. Like, what are they going to do not offer more money? He's Quinn fucking Hughes.

He's going to get paid. And you're, you probably, if something happens, the bite is not going to be as bad as it was going from Sanderson to, you know, Kale McCar, right, from over the last, you know, 18 months or whatever. But yeah, I, there is zero threat for a player right now from a, well, this, this offer may not be there. injury is the only downside. Yeah, and even if let's say he gets injured, he rolls into fridge, someone will still give him 20 a year. Like, who has had a career ending injury

in the last 15 years? Almost no one. I feel like I have. That why you haven't surfed for a while. Blew that hammy out. It's tough. It's right. Surf life.

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