The Sabres and Predators are in talks to send Buffalo C Dylan Cozens to Nashville. Many names have come up thus far in negotiations.

Gustav Nyquist is a bargain addition in the trade between the Wild and Predators. But who is the winner and loser of the deal?

The Preds made their first significant trade in a couple of months over the weekend, when they dealt forward Gustav Nyquist to Minnesota in exchange for a 2026 second-round draft pick. Nashville retained half of Nyquist’s salary — $1.6 million — for this season as part of the swap.

The Nashville Predators made the decision to sit winger Gustav Nyquist to keep him healthy before a potential upcoming trade.

Nyquist managed an assist and two shots on goal in Thursday's 2-1 win over the Jets. Ryan O'Reilly won a faceoff and Nyquist got the puck to Filip Forsberg for a quick goal at 4:26 of the first period.

The Nashville Predators, including Gustav Nyquist, meet the New York Islanders on Saturday, March 1, 2025 at 12:30 PM ET. There are prop bets for Nyquist available, and we have some stats to help you make good decisions.

The Wild operate with a higher degree of difficulty than 31 teams in the NHL, and trading their first-round pick for David Jiricek gives them less draft capital to offer other teams. That's all understandable. Nyquist was available, he could fit into the Wild's cap picture, and there was familiarity. It's not hard to see why the trade got made.

With the injury-riddled Minnesota Wild struggling to score and kill penalties and trying to stave off a stumble down the standings amidst a three-game losing streak, general manager Bill Guerin traded a 2026 second-round pick to the Nashville Predators on Saturday to bring back veteran forward Gustav Nyquist.

O'Reilly provided an assist, five shots on goal and three blocked shots in Thursday's 2-1 win over the Jets. O'Reilly's goal drought is up to 10 games, but he was able to pick up his seventh assist in that span when he helped out on a Filip Forsberg tally.

The Minnesota Wild acquired forward Gustav Nyquist from the Nashville Predators on Saturday in exchange for a second-round draft pick in 2026.

As Sportsnet Canada’s Ally Chesham relayed, Nashville could make Tommy Novak, Gustav Nyquist, Ryan O’Reilly, Colton Sissons, Michael McCarron, and Cole Smith available in a Cozens deal – and ...