Gustav Nyquist is coming off the best season in his NHL career by a good margin. Last season with the Predators, Nyquist had 21 goals and 75 points in 81 regular season games. That was the highest point total he’s ever had in an NHL season before.
His great play helped the Nashville Predators make the playoffs, where they lost to the Vancouver Canucks in 6 games in the 1st round of the Stanley Cup Playoffs.
Gustav Nyquist’s Career So Far
Gustaf Nyquist was drafted 121st overall by the Detroit Red Wings in the 2008 NHL Entry Draft. Nyquist made his NHL Debut in November of 2011 with the Red Wings. He’d play 18 games in the NHL that season scoring 1 goal with 7 points. He made his NHL Playoffs debut with the Red Wings vs. the Nashville Predators.
2013-14 was when he would break out in the NHL. In just 57 games, Nyquist would put up 28 goals, and 48 points a career-high at the time in goals, assists, and points. Before the season, the Red Wings signed Gustav Nyquist to a two-year, $1.9 million contract extension.
2014-15 was successful once again for Nyquist, where he put up 27 goals and 54 points in 82 games. Following that season, the Red Wings signed Nyquist to a four-year, $19 million contract extension.
In 2019, Gustav Nyquist was traded to the San Jose Sharks in exchange for a 2019 second-round pick and a 2020 conditional third-round pick, ending his Red Wings campaign after not improving on his 2014-15 season.
He recorded 6 goals and 5 assists during 19 regular season games with his new team. In 20 playoff games, he’d put up 1 goal and 11 assists in 20 games, where the Sharks lost to the St. Louis Blues in the Western Conference Finals.
Nyquist left the Sharks as a free agent and signed a four-year, $22 million contract with the Columbus Blue Jackets, where he’d put up 41 points on 70 regular season games.
Gustav Nyquist would agree to a two-year, $6.37 million contract with the Nashville Predators in July 2023, after being traded to the Wild in the last year of his deal with the Blue Jackets.
Nashville Predators 2024-2025 Projected Lines.
Line 1: (LW) Filip Forsberg– (C) Ryan O’Reilly– (RW) Gustav Nyquist
Line 2: (LW) Steven Stamkos- (C) Tommy Novak- (RW) Jonathan Marchessault
Line 3 : (LW) Mark Jankowski- (C) Colton Sissons- (RW) Luke Evangelista
Line 4: (LW) Cole Smith- (C) Michael McCarron- (RW) Zach L’Heureux
Filip Forsberg and Gustav Nyquist had incredible chemistry last season and even with new signings, they are not expected to break them up on the top line to start the season for the Nashville Predators.
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