Minnesota Wild President of Hockey Operations and General Manager Bill Guerin today announced the National Hockey League (NHL) club has acquired forward Gustav Nyquist (pronounced GOO-stahv NIGH-kwihst) from the Nashville Predators in exchange for a second-round selection in the 2026 NHL Draft.

The 2025 NHL trade deadline has come and gone. While there were significant trades going back to the fall, the “trade season” really kicked off in a big way in late January when the Colorado Avalanche shocked the hockey world by trading Mikko Rantanen to the Carolina Hurricanes.

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.

The Nashville Predators have traded forward Gustav Nyquist to the Minnesota Wild in exchange for a second-round pick in the 2026 NHL Draft. The trade took place on Saturday during Nashville's game ...

The Minnesota Wild have acquired Gustav Nyquist in a trade with the Nashville Predators on Saturday afternoon.

Defensemen Seth Jones and Ryan Lindgren and forward Gustav Nyquist were on the move as three Central Division teams got a jump on the NHL’s looming trade deadline.

The Wild officially acquired Predators forward Gustav Nyquist in exchange for a 2026 second-round pick, according to the team. An X post from national NHL reporter Pierre LeBurn early Saturday indicated that Minnesota and Nashville were in deep discussions, but they've now got the deal done.