Covering the Canucks for Daily Hive since 2019. Also co-host of the Locked On Canucks Podcast alongside Kyle Bhawan.

He might be the nicest dude amongst current NHL stars.
Sidney Crosby is a beloved figure across the league for a myriad of reasons. He took less on his current contract to help the Pittsburgh Penguins. The 38-year-old has also gone viral for <a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@bardown/video/7415316887170518277" target="_blank">hand-delivering season tickets</a> to Penguins fans.
And everyone who&#8217;s crossed him in the locker room talks about how he&#8217;s <a href="https://www.sportsnet.ca/olympic-men-hockey/longform/inside-sidney-crosbys-evolution-into-captain-canada/" target="_blank">the most welcoming and friendly guy</a> you could meet.
Leave it to the NHL&#8217;s definition of a &#8220;good guy&#8221; to put Jack Hughes in his place.
Although, judging by his personality, taking a shot at the American ice hockey hero probably wasn&#8217;t his intention.
Hughes <a href="https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/canada-has-usas-olympic-golden-goal-puck-hughes-livid" target="_blank">made headlines earlier this week</a> when he complained that he didn&#8217;t have possession of the puck that signified his golden goal.
“That’s bullsh*t that the Hockey Hall of Fame has it,” Hughes told <a href="https://www.espn.com/nhl/story/_/id/48232450/jack-hughes-wants-golden-goal-puck-back-hockey-hof" target="_blank" rel="noopener">ESPN’s Greg Wyshynski</a>. “Why would they have that puck?”
Well, the Hockey Hall of Fame gave him a somewhat sassy response the next day.
&#8220;Unfortunately, in the easiest words, it was never Jack&#8217;s puck to own,&#8221; Philip Pritchard from the Hockey Hall of Fame <a href="https://www.espn.com/nhl/story/_/id/48241628/hockey-hall-fame-give-golden-goal-puck-jack-hughes" target="_blank">told ESPN on Wednesday</a>.
&#8220;It&#8217;s been donated to us now. For every artifact that&#8217;s been donated, we have a paper trail and signed paperwork of where it&#8217;s come from.&#8221;
Crosby added further perspective to Hughes&#8217; comments about when he was asked about his 2010 golden goal on Wednesday, and whether or not he should have gotten the puck.
“I didn’t even think about it that way, to be honest with you,” Crosby <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7128337/2026/03/18/jack-hughes-olympic-puck-hockey-hall-of-fame/" target="_blank">told The Athletic on Wednesday</a>.
“I was just happy that I scored the goal. I was happy that the puck was going to the Hall of Fame.&#8221;
For a guy who&#8217;s been answering questions in the media ever since he was a teenager, that might have been the most Crosby-esque answer of all time.
After the response from the Hockey Hall of Fame, Hughes did backtrack on his comments.
&#8220;Listen, I&#8217;m obviously honored that the puck&#8217;s there,&#8221; he told reporters on Wednesday.
&#8220;Obviously, things were taken crazy,&#8221; he said. &#8220;That&#8217;s just the way I felt. I didn&#8217;t know where the puck was. So it is what it is.&#8221;
Hughes was asked about the puck back in February, which is when he first mentioned that he was unaware of its whereabouts.
And after originally telling ESPN he wanted to reach out to the Hockey Hall of Fame about the puck, Hughes had a different answer on Wednesday when asked if he would still reach out.
&#8220;Dude, I&#8217;ve been playing hockey, right? That&#8217;s where my head is at,&#8221; he said.
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Leave it to Sidney Crosby to make Jack Hughes look petty with his recent comments about not having his Olympic golden goal puck from 2010