UPDATE: The Detroit #RedWings today acquired a second-round draft pick in the 2019 NHL Draft and a conditional third-round pick in the 2020 NHL Draft from the San Jose Sharks in exchange for RW Gustav Nyquist. pic.twitter.com/3gfwSmPVcy
— Detroit Red Wings (@DetroitRedWings) February 25, 2019It was just hours earlier that the two teams had faced off in Detroit, in which San Jose pulled off a two-goal deficit and Joe Pavelski scored a hat trick to cap off the win for the visiting team. Just before midnight, Bob McKenzie gave a little more life to what had previously only been rumors:
DET has asked Gustav Nyquist to waive his NTC to facilitate a trade to SJ.