Confirmed Trade: [MIN/NSH] Gustav Nyquist (50% retained) for 2026 2nd round pick

[Soundgarden]

Nice! Trade him and call up Kemell!

 

[FissionFire]

Detroit or CLB I bet
Bubble team

Unless Nyquist suddenly has become a center I don’t see the fit in Detroit. Wings need help down the middle in the worst way with Copp out for the season. After Larkin all they have is Compher, Rasmussen, and Veleno unless they want to move Kasper off the 1st line and try him at 2C or 3C. That’s a pretty awful center lineup for a team trying to make the playoffs.

 

[Dickie Dunn]

Sure, wtf. Not like it matters w/o Kaprizov playing.

 

[Obvious Fabertism]

I would take him back in a heart beat, he was awesome with us the first go around. Ridiculously efficient from the 3rd line, he just makes smart veteran plays with the puck to get it to scoring positions, while not being a liability defensively. The Wild are missing scoring punch in the middle and bottom 6, he would be very useful in that role. Only reason he didn't stay the first time is that he wanted more money than the Wild had cap available, he was a better player than MarJo by a significant amount in my eyes.

 

[57special]

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.

And Evason had him in Minnesota. I think Nyquist is one of those players who has hit his expiration date, which is totally normal for a 35 yo.

 

[biturbo19]

"Aggressively pursuing" Gus Nyqvist...


Funny way to frame that, or even funnier if truly aggressive pursuit is going on. Trying to gun up for a playoff run, he's not exactly the type of guy that comes to mind. Seems more like the sort of guy you pick up or take a flyer on because he's relatively cheap to acquire and has occasionally produced reasonably well when playing top minutes with good players.

 

[Armourboy]

"Aggressively pursuing" Gus Nyqvist...


Funny way to frame that, or even funnier if truly aggressive pursuit is going on. Trying to gun up for a playoff run, he's not exactly the type of guy that comes to mind. Seems more like the sort of guy you pick up or take a flyer on because he's relatively cheap to acquire and has occasionally produced reasonably well when playing top minutes with good players.

He's good depth, especially if you need an upgrade on a 3rd line winger. Would I trade for him expecting him to be good with my first line? No, but he's not going to cost that anyways. Your talking about a 2nd or 3rd rounder at best.

 

[Petes2424]

Knew this was coming. It was just the question of where was he going? G Detroit,, Minnesota, Columbus. Was told it would probably be a team he’s already played with before. All of them know exactly what type of player he is. Detroit needs that 5 on 5 help the most. My only question was positionally it wouldn’t be what you’d think with Detroit but they need that 5 on 5 fix pretty badly

 

[MMC]

 

[bleuetbio]

its Nyquist 50% retained

 

[Empoleon8771]

A 2nd for Nyquist at 50% is wild. I feel like a 3rd or 4th would have been a lot closer.

 

[fasterthanlight]

Overpay

 

[Hazy Little Thing]

A 2nd for Nyquist at 50% is wild. I feel like a 3rd or 4th would have been a lot closer.

Retention doesn’t mean much here.

 

[Soundgarden]

Nice! Was expecting a 3rd or less.

 

[JoeSakic13]

Yeah Minny had to make a deal like this considering all their injuries. I don’t feel like Nyquist moves the needle much though.

 

[a mangy Meowth]

Prices are high this year

 

[Indy18]

A 2nd for Nyquist shows this trading deadline is gonna be dull...these prices are gonna get expensive

 

[Soundgarden]

Yeah Minny had to make a deal like this considering all their injuries. I don’t feel like Nyquist moves the needle much though.

He can be a good 2nd liner in the right circumstances. Had almost 70 points last year

 

[State of Hockey]

Why the retention? It means nothing this year. We're already right against the cap and have LTIR options to play the Tampa/Vegas game. A 2nd is ridiculous for Nyquist. Great deal for Nashville. We're screwed as long as this ownership/management group is here.

 

[zeanna]

Wooohoo! Nice trade for the preds! Wasn't expecting a second!

 

[AtlantaWhaler]

Nice… a 2nd is a good get. Nice depth for Minny

 

[OilersFanatics505]

This draft past the top 20 isn’t that great. People are really hung up on a late second.

Edit: Nevermind it’s a 2026 second. Man that could be rough. Either way the values there for Minny.

 

[DigitalBoldy]

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

And I hate it here...

 

[Baby Pettersson]

That's a steep price to pay. Definitely a seller's market.

 

[Soundgarden]

This draft past the top 20 isn’t that great. People are really hung up on a late second.

This is a 2nd in next years draft.