The Vancouver Canucks find themselves in a rough position, having gone 1-5-1 in their last seven games. Their most recent setback was their 5-1 loss to the Los Angeles Kings on Thursday night at Rogers Arena in downtown Vancouver.

The five-foot-10 blue-liner won the Norris Trophy for the NHL's best defenseman in 2023-24, and with half of this season in the books, he's making another case for himself. Throughout all of the turmoil that the Vancouver Canucks have endured, Hughes' numbers have remained consistent.

Here is what a frustrated Rick Tocchet has to say about the performance of some Vancouver Canucks star players.

Los Angeles Kings' Alex Turcotte (15) scores on Vancouver Canucks goaltender Thatcher Demko (35) as Filip Hronek (17) and Los Angeles' Phillip Danault (24) watch during the first period of an NHL hockey game in Vancouver,

Quinn Hughes recorded one of the more bizarre stat lines on Saturday night. The Vancouver Canucks captain scored a goal against the Toronto Maple Leafs yet finished the night with zero shots on net. At first glance, this stat line doesn't make a lot of sense, which is why an explanation as to what happened on the play is needed.

The Top 100 People of Power & Influence in hockey are featured annually in The Hockey News' Money and Power issue, available at THN.com/free. At No.88 is Vancouver Canucks defenseman Quinn Hughes.

Elias Pettersson skated with Brock Boeser and Jake DeBrusk, and was more frequently self-matched with Quinn Hughes against the top end of the Toronto lineup. Frankly, Pettersson’s deployment patterns on Saturday more closely matched how the Canucks have utilized J.T. Miller for much of this season.

Vancouver Canucks captain Quinn Hughes has a brand-new endorsement deal with Oreo and the campaign is awesome.

The NHL record for most overtime losses in a season is 18. The Vancouver Canucks dropped a 2-1 overtime decision to the Washington Capitals on Wednesday night.

Take the Vancouver Canucks ’ third goal on Saturday night, early in the third period of the Canucks’ impressive, gutsy 3-0 win over the host Toronto Maple Leafs.

As you’ve likely heard by now, the Vancouver Canucks’ 2-0 shutout win over the Toronto Maple Leafs on Saturday did a lot for Quinn Hughes’s case for the Hart Trophy – the NHL’s regular-season MVP award.

Vancouver Canucks captain Quinn Hughes addressed the ongoing trade speculation surrounding teammates J.T. Miller and Elias Pettersson.