Minnesota Wild general manager Bill Guerin gave up a haul of young players, prospects and draft capital to acquire Quinn Hughes from the Vancouver Canucks last December — but he's still been unable to lock up the superstar defenseman.

Hughes remains unsigned beyond the 2026-27 season, and based on the general manager's comments earlier this week, there has been little recent dialogue about an extension.

Speaking on “The Chad Hartman Show” on WCCO Radio, Guerin admitted he hadn't spoken with Hughes' representatives “in a long time.”

“To be quite honest with you I have not talked to them about this in a long time. To be honest with you there’s nothing really to talk about right now,” Guerin said.

“What am I going to do, like, go and (say), ‘Please, please, please, please’? This is a unique situation, I think Quinn needs to wrap his head around a couple things, and I don’t think anything’s changed. I’m being honest with you.

“I don’t know what’s going to happen, I don’t know what I’m going to do.”

Certainly not what Wild fans want to hear from their general manager, as Hughes is the most important player on the team and off to a terrific start with three goals and 18 points in 14 games.

That's second on the team behind Kirill Kaprizov and also second among National Hockey League defensemen. Hughes reached 500 points Sunday after scoring the game-winner against the Canucks in Vancouver — his 520th NHL game and first back in British Columbia since the blockbuster trade.

“Right now I’m focused on our team,” Guerin added. “Quinn’s situation will resolve itself at some point in time, and like I said, this does not keep me awake at night. Yes I do think about it, but it’s not something that I’m going to let affect anything else I do. He’s going to take his time with it, and that’s it.”

The 27-year-old has been eligible to sign an extension since July 1. He inked a six-year, $47.1 million contract ($7.85 million AAV) with the Canucks in October 2021, which will expire next summer.

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There have been rumblings that Hughes wants to play with brothers Jack and Luke in New Jersey. The Devils just acquired Connor Hellebuyck from the Winnipeg Jets while preserving their future first-round picks and core players.

The three Hughes brothers and Hellebuyck won gold together at the Winter Olympics in Milan in February.

The saga continues to drag on, and based on Guerin's comments, there's no indication it will be resolved anytime soon.

The Wild, who are 9-3-2 and in first place in the Central Division, are back in action against the visiting New York Islanders on Thursday night.