Barn Burner: Boomer & Pinder with Rhett Warrener - Will Quinn Hughes Actually STAY In Minnesota?? | BB Clips

Episode Date: September 1, 2026

Boomer, Pinder and Rhett dive into the biggest question facing the Minnesota Wild: what is Quinn Hughes’ next contract going to look like, and will he actually commit long-term to Minnesota? Cale Makar just reset the market with an eight-year, $163.2 million extension carrying a $20.4 million cap hit, giving Hughes and the Wild a pretty clear benchmark to work from. Bill Guerin says he’s confident they can get something done and communication remains good, but he also admits Hughes may want different things when it comes to money, term and his future. So what does Hughes actually want, how close does his number get to Makar’s, and should Wild fans be nervous until the deal is signed?Video Link: https://youtu.be/tnoRn5_FoIM#nhl #nhlshorts #nhlplayoffs #nhlpredictions #nhlhockey #nhlpicks #stanleycup #stanleycupfinal #minnesotawild CHECK OUT OUR STUFF ⬇️BARN BURNER MERCHhttps://nationgear.ca/collections/shirts/FlamesnationBARN BURNER SHORTS https://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.

The market just got reset for defensemen. Quinn Hughes is now walking in and I think Quinn Hughes. 19. 19. 5. 18. I mean, term changes everything, but why not ask for everything? 20 on a three year.

I'm your K.L. McCarr. Feel free to fill my boots. If you either fill my coffers or find someone to fill my boots. He's got the leverage for sure. I wonder if you can negotiate him down a million or two, given that the term doesn't go forever where it becomes a deal eventually. If it's a three year, it's going to be expensive. wherever you know what I mean I still think

the team's probably someone out there's going to give a time with the noodler the fact he hasn't but I guess maybe he was but what were you to say just finish your point while the noodler was saying he's worried that he says this hasn't happened I am too and I would think that Minnesota has approached this the same as Colorado

did and I've got no inside information haven't been very different situations haven't been doing a lot of sniffing around well we had the Bill Guerin quote correct Jack yeah Bill Garon was on whatever, Minnesota, St. Paul. Mike Russo? On some, uh, doing some sports talk radio, which apparently is still a thing there.

Uh, Billy G. There's a bar with Kail McCar signing a contract Colorado, but Quinn might be after different things. He's a different guy. He's got a different personality. It's different things in his life that are important to him. Who knows what he's going to want in the end? That's a beautiful quote because everyone can believe whatever they think is an issue.

That's what he's talking about there. That sounds like Bill doesn't have a goddamn clue what's going. I think Bill is saying, you know what, I'm not really going to tell you how negotiations are going. You can guess. Yeah. He said, communication is good. It's just it takes time. I say this all the time, but it's true.

These things take time. Connor was this time last year, everyone's like, he's not going to sign. And with what we're saying. Yeah. And with what we just talked about it maybe half an hour ago, waiting for a bit, hasn't bitten anyone in the ass yet. So what is Quinn Hughes? Shit, I better get this thing. No.

There's no urgency for him. No. I think if you get to start of the regular season, Okay. It's not urgency for him that I'm thinking about. It's urgency for Minnesota. If you're not going to commit to us, we have to do something with you.

And that's fine because they'll recoup a lot if they trade old Quinny. So let me give you three outcomes and you can guess or just pick for the team chaos. Three? Yeah. Trade. He's not going to resign.

So we've got to trade. Option two. Resigns on a short term deal. Because I think that's what he wants. Because then he can still always. It's about to find short term. Three years. make some big money jump back in when the cap's even higher.

Austin Matthews theory. Yeah. And the third is just walking to you. I'm not going to put the long term option there. You could if you want. I just don't think that's, like that's what he's talking about there, in my opinion. Look, if he wants to kill McCarty, kill committed for eight years, Quinn might not want that.

I might want the option to pivot to Jersey if they're good in two, three years, four years, whatever it is. I don't even know if you need to kind of whittle it down to a three year. Just does he sign? Do they walk him through? Yeah. Or does he or do they trade him? Yeah, sure.

So those are the three. I think he's getting signed here. Maybe I'm wrong. This is not the time of year where if it's not done, it means it's dead. We've seen a lot of big name guys sign well after this date. It's more the rumors that you'd heard. I think the rumors of being that he really likes Minnesota and it's great. And we can overblow the thing about,

oh, he wants to play in Jersey with his brother. I don't know, but there might be something to it. There is something to it. It's just as now is pivot point? or does he wait a couple years? I don't know. I can't imagine Garin is the one

who gave up so much to get him. I don't think he can walk him straight to UFA. I don't think that's going to happen either. That is the one wrong. Zero percent. He just won't. I'm going to get the hall that I gave up or I'm going to sign him

and it's going to hurt, but he's a great player. We'll be fine. We thought we had him for two playoff runs. We had him for one. He was great. We ran into a juggernaut. Spin it.

Trade him and see what we can get back. Now remember when his, the owner of the wild, a year or two, owner was said, we're going to get Caprizov done. It's going to be a ton of dough. We're not letting him go. And they offered him like 16 and a half. And he said, no, it was like, oh shit, Caprizov's gone. And two weeks later, they got it done.

Yeah. It's not dissimilar from this. Now, that doesn't mean the same thing's going to happen. But there was a time where everyone was like, they can't get it done with Caprizo, and then he was signed later. He does seem like a different dude. though. Yeah.

Yeah. So what makes you tick? Is it big city? Is it small town? Is it taxes? What's the, what's the, what's the way?

What's the way? What's the way? It's got a couple of years, I think. I'm just, Mike, I am, again,

that's maybe boring. If you go to trade Quinn Hughes, you've got a lot of places that would love to have him in his list. I'm thinking about Quinn Hughes. Yeah. And it's fine.

I, but if you're Quinn Hughes, you can, you can control everything. you know, Brady Kachuk, I want to play in Florida because I want to retire in Florida. And I want to pay Florida taxes and I want to be in a, oh. And my brother and all. Yeah.

And it's so Quinn Hughes can go, he can evaluate everything because there's no one saying no. Yeah. Right. Yeah. And he can wait and do whatever he wants. I'm just going, if I'm Quinn Hughes and I'm like, you know what? I really want to retire in a nice spot. Minnesota's not really.

What's their cap off the top? Well, they're trying to find room. for Larkin, too. They've got some space. And that's another thing. I would think that Quinn Hughes has, I must win very high on his list. I remember Quinn's cheap this year. It's going to be the next year's the pinch point. He's under contract for this year. So they need a number one center and he is a guy that took them from a group of a good team to a contender. Like they're one of

those top six to eight teams that's going to win the cup. Right? Like you can look at the beginning of the year and say, you got a star here. You got a lot. Lots of talent. You lost to a Colorado team that was a bloody wagon. They're not bad, but they look at the center hole. If you give Quinn Hughes all the money, are you able to go find a one C? Because Danila Yorov's hardly been in North America. He ain't a one C.

I don't even know who that is. Yeah, I know. That Blake Coleman will get, they'll get that 2.45. Oh, yeah. Shabana. I forgot he was there. A shabana? Shabbardoo.

Oh, Minnesota. Not a bad tea, ma'am. Maybe a few shodonets officer.