Defensemen Seth Jones and Ryan Lindgren and forward Gustav Nyquist were on the move on Saturday as three Central Division teams got a jump on the NHL’s looming trade deadline. The Colorado Avalanche got the ball rolling with another splash by acquiring Lindgren and winger Jimmy Vesey in a trade with the New York Rangers.

The NHL’s trade market was heating up Saturday, and the Minnesota Wild struck by acquiring veteran winger Gustav Nyquist from Nashville in exchange for a second-round draft pick. This follows an earlier trade Saturday that saw the Colorado Avalanche land defenseman Ryan Lindgren from the New York Rangers.

Getting moved to a different team didn’t surprise Gustav Nyquist. “I knew something was coming,” he said. But the timing, almost a week ahead of the NHL trade deadline, was earlier than he expected. That’s because the Wild didn’t want to risk not being able to acquire Nyquist for a second time,