Heading into the March 7 NHL trade deadline, The Athletic's Michael Russo and Joe Smith will have updates on all of the Wild rumblings.

Guerin has traded away five picks so far this season and the Wild are tight to the cap. Is anything else in store?

The Athletic has live coverage of the 2025 NHL trade deadline. Minnesota Wild get: F Gustav Nyquist Nashville Predators get: 2026 second-round draft pick Predators retain 50 percent of Nyquist’s salary.

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.

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

Heading into the March 7 NHL trade deadline, The Athletic's Michael Russo and Joe Smith will have updates on all of the Wild rumblings.

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 forward Jimmy Vesey in a trade with the New York Rangers.

The Wild had to adjust their roster to make room for the veteran forward’s arrival via a trade with the Predatros.

The Wild are bringing back a familiar face for their playoff push. For the second time in three years, they have traded for Gustav Nyquist, reacquiring the veteran forward Saturday from the Predators for a 2026 second-round draft pick.

Nyquist, 35, has nine goals and 21 points in 57 games for the Predators this season while playing on both of the team’s special team’s units.

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

Forward Gustav Nyquist and defensemen Seth Jones and Ryan Lindgren 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.