Brock Boeser gives a very frustrated interview and calls the Vancouver Canucks “embarrassing” after a 5-2 loss to the Detroit Red Wings: “It's the same stuff, game after game. I don't know where the disconnect is. If guys in here aren't listening to what the coaches are preaching and our style of play, or some of our structure's not working, or what it is, but it's embarrassing." Reporter: “What about the fans, when you guys had those three quick shots and they were pretty loud? It was obviously a sarcastic cheer. Just what do you go through on the bench when you hear that?” Boeser: “I mean, it's embarrassing. We are a way better hockey team than we're playing, and to consistently show up to the rink and be disconnected out there, I mean, we might maybe play as a team, like a five-man unit out there, maybe a period here and there, and I don't know. We showed that we were a better team last year than what we're playing right now.” Reporter: “The effort though, in many of your games up until tonight, seems like as a group, sure, it wasn't maybe polished for 60 minutes, but it felt like you were a reasonably focused group.” Boeser: “Yeah, I mean, even in those games, just something still feels off. We're still not generating offense, not getting enough shots, so something's not working. I don't know if guys don't listen, or something in the structure we need to fix, or what it is, but we definitely have a lot better in this room." Reporter: "Is there something you as a leader on this team can do to change that?" Boeser: "I mean, you try to talk to guys out there when they make a mistake on what the right play is, but you can only talk to guys so many times about making the right play, and it's just frustrating. Like I said, I know we have a lot better in this room, and I think everyone feels that, so it's hard right now.” #Canucks

Quinn Hughes on what he enjoyed most about playing for the Vancouver Canucks, comparing it to playing for the New York Yankees: “It kind of just feels like you're playing for the Yankees. The passion in Canada, you don't see that everywhere around the league, and especially in Vancouver, there's no NBA, there's no NFL, there's nothing like that. No MLB, where Toronto has the Jays and the Raptors. In Vancouver, it's just the Canucks, and that's a special thing, and definitely brings its highs and its lows obviously, with so many eyes on you. But for the most part, I really, really enjoyed that, and just going to the game and seeing the buzz in the city, knowing that that's the only thing going on in the city that night.” #Canucks #MNWild

Quinn Hughes on his future with the Minnesota Wild and the possibility of signing a contract extension soon: “I'm where I've always been, and I'm excited right now. My two feet are planted here in Minnesota, and something could happen soon. I'm not really too sure, but I'm really enjoying playing here, and I love playing with Brods [Brodin], Spurgeon, and when Brock [Faber] comes back, there's a lot of things that are set up nicely for me to have success individually and as a team. I think we got a great team. The first thing is you want to get in the playoffs, but I would think that we have a chance to win this year. And then you see when Hynesy [John Hynes] and Kapy [Danny Kaplan] load us up with Kirill [Kaprizov], Boldy, and [Joel Eriksson] Ek, that's probably the most fun hockey I've ever played. Just playing with those guys and going out there and trying to compete with those guys, make plays. That's really, really fun stuff for me. So I'm really enjoying it right now and just taking my time, and we'll see where it goes, but I wouldn't be surprised if something happens soon.” #MNWild