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BOSTON — If the decision had been left up to Quinn Hughes, the Vancouver Canucks defenseman would be at TD Garden on Thursday for the biggest game Team USA has played in more than a decade.

After Mike Sullivan said Quinn Hughes was shipping up to Boston to replace Charlie McAvoy, Hughes and the NHL have said. “Whoa-ohoh.” With McAvoy ruled out for the rest of the NHL 4 Nations ...