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Career year could make Red Wings' Gustav Nyquist a prime trade target

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Detroit — Gustav Nyquist is quick to single out who might have held him back a bit from being the playmaking wing he is now.

Nyquist is more of a playmaker, and perhaps not the goal-scoring wing that so many envisioned when Nyquist first joined the Red Wings and had 20-goal seasons.

Darn you, Henrik Zetterberg.

“Hank always wanted the puck in the past,” said Nyquist, who laughs at his own joke, then is terrified at how that could be interpreted.