Predators trade Gustav Nyquist to Wild for draft pick
The Minnesota Wild are improving their offense in the March 7 NHL Trade Deadline lead-up.
On Saturday, they added left-handed center Gustav Nyquist from the Nashville Predators in exchange for a second-round pick in the 2026 NHL Entry Draft. The transaction took place during the Predators’ clash with the New York Islanders, which Nyquist had been held out of to protect him from injury.
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— NHL News (@PuckReportNHL) March 1, 2025As part of the deal, the Predators will retain 50% of Nyquist’s salary for the remainder of 2025. According to PuckPedia, Nyquist is in the second year of a two-year contract with a cap hit of $3.25 million.
The 35-year-old leaves the Predators after parts of two seasons with the team, having joined ahead of the 2023-24 season. He has nine goals and 21 points in 57 games this season and has posted 200 goals and 524 points through 841 NHL regular-season games.
Throughout his career, he has played for the Predators, Columbus Blue Jackets, San Jose Sharks and Detroit Red Wings. Nyquist previously played for the Wild, who he returns to after playing three games for the club in 2022-23, scoring a goal and four assists in his brief stint.
Hailing from Halmstad, Sweden, Nyquist has potted six goals and 30 points in 77 Stanley Cup Playoff appearances and helped the Sharks to the Western Conference Final in 2018-19, where they fell to the eventual Stanley Cup-winning St. Louis Blues.
Detroit initially selected him in the fourth round, 121st overall, in the 2008 NHL Entry Draft out of the University of Maine. He has also spent significant time in the AHL, playing parts of four seasons with the Grand Rapids Griffins in Detroit’s organization.
With the Wild, he joins a team sitting third in the NHL’s Central Division on 72 points and a record of 34-22-4, entering their Sunday clash with the Boston Bruins on home ice. Nashville, meanwhile, sit well outside the 2025 Stanley Cup playoff picture. They’re seventh in the Central, 16 points short of the Vancouver Canucks in the final wild-card spot.