These two players have been mentioned in their respective cities' trade rumours. Could they be swapped for each other?
After Chris Wideman's extension, it's looking more and more likely that the Senators will look to offload Patrick Wiercioch and his $2.7M salary before he becomes an RFA. It's no secret that Bryan Murray has coveted a top-six forward for his entire life a few years now, and if the team could get one for Wiercioch you have to assume he'd pull the trigger. It seems very unlikely that the Lightning would take PW as the centrepiece in a trade for this season's most rumoured young forward, Jonathan Drouin, but an interesting name has surfaced in the last couple of days: the Dallas Stars' Valeri Nichushkin.