News: Gustav Nyquist scratched for trade related reasons, MIN is one of the most aggressive pursuers

[Bone Density]

 

[Chainshot]

He had a great 23-24 but now he’s a 35 year-old purely finesse winger with 9 goals in 57 games. Can’t imagine he has a ton of value.

GM's have long memories but little short-term recognition.

 

[OilersFanatics505]

lol Nyquist. Complete bust since he was drafted by the Wings. Good luck who takes that pile on

Didn’t he get more points than any Red Wing last year?

 

[Dr Jan Itor]

Game changer.

 

[le_sean]

This will surely fix their horrendous PK!

 

[Lindberg Cheese]

Bargain bin hunters will pay a 3rd with 50% retained

 

[Mrfenn92]

Third I’ll guess

 

[Porter Stoutheart]

The thing with Nyquist is that he's purely a "complementary" style of player. He does not drive anything on his own. But he will check the basic boxes in terms of having basic skill level, basic defensive attention, and pretty good overall "intangibles" along the way.

Somehow last season all the stars aligned and he got 75 pts. You can't expect that to ever happen again.

But he's sort of an ok 40-pt kind of reliable veteran in normal circumstances. Trending a bit below that level atm in Nashville's current dumpster fire, but if you have an opening for a player who fits that kind of niche, he'll be ok as a 2/3W for you. How badly do you need that and who else in that niche is on the market? I don't know.

 

[Porter Stoutheart]

I guess Minnesota is doing ok with our rejects? Hinostroza and Hynes anyway. Trenin maybe not so much. But I'll cheerfully take their 2nd for Gus. They don't have a 3rd or 4th (except late TO) so that kind of sets an interesting threshold? If it's a 2025 pick anyway.

 

[Tasteless Beaver]

Gus was on my list of rentals for the Jets if he could be picked up at a bargain price. Things have not been good in Nashville this year, maybe a change of scenery brings him closer to last year’s performance.

 

[datsyukfan]

lol Nyquist. Complete bust since he was drafted by the Wings. Good luck who takes that pile on

Huh? Pretty sure he was a 4th round pick and has had a very good career

 

[Viqsi]

History would be repeating itself, then; Minnesota is where the Jackets sent him at the deadline two years ago.

 

[LEAFANFORLIFE23]

Minnesota makes sense considering all the injury issues

 

[NHL1674]

We'll give ya Hartman and Trenin back. How about it, Preds? Trenin's contract sucks, and Hartman just needs to go. Period.

 

[funky]

Seems like an odd add for a contender. He’s been brutal this year.

Sounds just like what LA is looking for. He can join.Jeannot in living on past glory.

 

[JediOrderPizza]

Love goose, would take him back on Detroit.

 

[Viqsi]

We'll give ya Hartman and Trenin back. How about it, Preds? Trenin's contract sucks, and Hartman just needs to go. Period.

The scary thought is that I could see Trotz looking at that, going "score!" and pouncing.

 

[Indy18]

Pretty sure this is coming down to the Wild and Columbus. Columbus doesn't want to spend premium picks for a rental but our front office knows how important it is to show that we, quoting a certain Finnish player, showing losing is acceptable. Right now Columbus needs a 3rd line winger with experience that can still keep up with the kids and since he knows the locker room Nyquist would check all the boxes.

Personally I would give our 3rd even though this has been a bad year for him and time is not on his side...for those who aren't there yet wait until you are 35 and feeling the pain everyday.

 

[ViD]

Either him or Bjork will be returning to Ohio

 

[DigitalBoldy]

I guess Minnesota is doing ok with our rejects? Hinostroza and Hynes anyway. Trenin maybe not so much. But I'll cheerfully take their 2nd for Gus. They don't have a 3rd or 4th (except late TO) so that kind of sets an interesting threshold? If it's a 2025 pick anyway.

Nyquist is worth closer to a 4th round pick than a 2nd.

 

[thestonedkoala]

Why not? I mean he was decent in his first run and Guerin loves retreads

 

[Wasted Talent]

He had a great 23-24 but now he’s a 35 year-old purely finesse winger with 9 goals in 57 games. Can’t imagine he has a ton of value.

Sounds like another Marcus Johansson. Arguably even one Marcus Johansson is too many.

 

[State of Hockey]

We don't have a 3rd this year, so I'd say a 2026 3rd sounds about right. Maybe we're trying to trade a contract like Merrill or Shore to make room, so maybe we'd have to give up a little more.

Guerin must have been enthralled with the 9 games and 10 points Nyquist gave us two years ago. Don't see the point to spend another pick on a guy who won't move the needle much this year, but that's most of Guerin's trades.

 

[SEALBound]

Multiple bidders for a 35yo Nyquist. What a time to be alive.

 

[Fatass]

Nyquist is worth closer to a 4th round pick than a 2nd.

True. But if Nashville takes back a contract Minny wants to dump then the return could go up to even a second, depending on that contract.