Wild star Quinn Hughes misses second straight practice on eve of NHL playoffs

DALLAS — Quinn Hughes, the Minnesota Wild’s game-changer from the back end since arriving from the Vancouver Canucks in a mid-December blockbuster, missed his second practice in a row on Friday with what coach John Hynes on Thursday said was an illness.Hynes said after Thursday’s practice in St. Paul, Minn., that the star defenseman was expected to be on the team’s charter in the afternoon to Dallas. However, league sources say Hughes did not fly to Dallas with the team and instead was expected to fly to Dallas on Friday afternoon.Nevertheless, a team source said, “We fully expect Quinn to play tomorrow.”Advertisement