After being scratched earlier within the day for trade-related causes, it felt like solely a matter of time earlier than the Predators traded winger Gustav Nyquist. That transfer has now occurred as they’ve dealt him to the Wild in alternate for a 2026 second-round choose. Either side have introduced the swap. As a part of the transfer, Nashville is retaining half of his $3.185M cap hit.
It’s the second time that Minnesota has acquired Nyquist in a transfer earlier than the commerce deadline after it picked him up from Columbus again in 2023, however at the moment, the acquisition price was solely a fifth-round choice. In the meantime, it’s truly the third time that the 35-year-old has been a near-deadline pickup, as, again in 2019, Detroit moved him to San Jose for a pair of draft decisions.
Nyquist signed a two-year take care of the Preds again in 2023 on the heels of a stable playoff displaying with Minnesota that noticed him choose up 5 assists in six postseason appearances. Issues couldn’t have gone a lot better for him final season as he wound up blowing previous his earlier profession highs in assists and factors, tallying 52 and 75 respectively in 81 video games. He adopted that up with 4 factors of their first-round exit to Vancouver within the playoffs.
