We'll find out I guess. I'm just saying, if he can be had for a bargain price, you have to consider it.
Confirmed with Link: Gustav Nyquist for a 2023 5th
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Minnewildsota
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If he gets 5x5 wouldn't that be worse than the contract he has now? Considering it was a 5x6?
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Another 2-point game for Nyqvist, he was +2 again and creates time and space for his linemates. Strong on the puck, smart plays and knows where to be on the ice.
5 games as a Wild, 8 points
5 games as a Wild, 8 points
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He should replace Zucc to give Kap some space. 36 has been very weak in all areas. Kap super frustrated with zero help.
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I´m with you, he should play more minutes in a offensive role. At the same time his third line has been so effective and is the best Wild line over these first couple of games. Who will replace his shutdown role while at the same time producing at a first line rate?
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Top two lines without their center is really hopeless. Hartman and Ek can’t get back soon enough. How hobbled will they be when and if they return?
Indeed. Where do you put Zuc then? He can’t check anything.
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If Ek can't go, I would put Nyquist on the wing with Boldy and Johansson. Foligno should be on the 3rd line.
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Boldy as center? Then when Ek comes back we simply slide Boldy up to top line center and boom, we finally have our all-Swede line, just what we always wanted. Provided Hartman is still out, of course
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Not sure about that. Maybe. I still think Boldy is still more effective on the wing, for now. Maybe he can grow into the center position as his skating improves.
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Nyqvist has been so good for the Wild. He is riding a 6 game point streak with 9 points and is +7. Never gone a game without a point for the Wild. 3 of those games was multi point games.
He is so smart, strong on the puck, plays in a shutdown line while producing at a first line rate. Shows great leadership on the ice and carries his whole line, makes his team mates better everytime he hits the ice. Coming back from injury he looked like a star his very first shift and every time after. Can´t even remember if he´s been on the ice for a goal against.
A great playmaker and high hockey IQ.
He is so smart, strong on the puck, plays in a shutdown line while producing at a first line rate. Shows great leadership on the ice and carries his whole line, makes his team mates better everytime he hits the ice. Coming back from injury he looked like a star his very first shift and every time after. Can´t even remember if he´s been on the ice for a goal against.
A great playmaker and high hockey IQ.
This dude is a baller. PLEASE find a way to sign him.
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I believe the easiest, most logical, would be to trade Zucc. It would likely free up enough space and we’d only have 1 spot to fill. Whereas trading Foligno and Fluery has more spots to fill while getting about the same salary relief
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MK9
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I'm hoping that just resolves itself with him retiring during the off season.
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You're likely correct. I guess I'm just hoping that MAF has a bit more self awareness than Backstrom did.
Oh, i think Backstrom was very aware of what he was doing....taking the Wild for every cent he could, even though he wasn't playing.
I also think that Fleury feels he took a pay cut to stay here, rightly or wrongly, and that he deserves to be paid next year.
We could also buy him out, couldn't we? That we save 2.3M next year, but we'd have to find a backup and pay him out of that, and we would still have a 1+M cap hit the year after, also.
I think we might be better off trying to move Zucc, and keep Nyquist and MoJo...there is a lot more $$ to be saved there, I think, and it's possible there might not be much of a downgrade between an aging Zucc, and a healthy Nyquist, but, it's hard to say. Zucc has been really good, for the most part, first year excepted.
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MK9
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Cripes. Ask me how or why and I couldn't tell you, but I totally forgot about the Backstrom debacle at the end of his career here.
He timed his injuries really well too, preventing buyouts and everything
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He is already a Hall of famer
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Hall of Fame Profile: Gustav Nyquist uses UMaine as springboard to the NHL - University of Maine Athletics
The University of Maine was the right place, at the perfect time, for Gustav Nyquist.
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Gustav Nyquist - Men's Ice Hockey - University of Maine Athletics
Gustav Nyquist (89) F - IN 2010–2011: Served as assistant captain of the Black Bears… Led Maine in scoring with 18 goals and 33 assists for 51
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The Thing About Gustav Nyquist | Minnesota Wild
Who the forward is and what he's done since being acquired from Columbus at the trade deadline
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