{"id":35269,"date":"2025-07-03T12:24:09","date_gmt":"2025-07-03T12:24:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/35269\/"},"modified":"2025-07-03T12:24:09","modified_gmt":"2025-07-03T12:24:09","slug":"jets-sign-gustav-nyquist-to-1-year-3-25-million-contract","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/35269\/","title":{"rendered":"Jets sign Gustav Nyquist to 1-year, $3.25 million contract"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul class=\"authors\">\n<li class=\"mugshot-shown\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/1751545449_78_clark_ryan.png&#038;h=80&#038;w=80&#038;scale=crop.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\"\/>\n<p>Ryan S. ClarkJul 2, 2025, 07:07 PM ET<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"icon-font-after icon-close-solid-after\" href=\"#\">Close<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>Ryan S. Clark is an NHL reporter for ESPN.<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a data-player-guid=\"16962e7f-c6c7-2066-6934-02cf0ff4f4d2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nhl\/player\/_\/id\/5823\/gustav-nyquist\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Gustav Nyquist<\/a> will remain in the Central Division, with the veteran forward signing a one-year contract worth $3.25 million with the <a data-clubhouse-guid=\"3fb0986b-350c-b309-1dca-29e401834691\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nhl\/team\/_\/name\/wpg\/winnipeg-jets\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Winnipeg Jets<\/a> on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>Nyquist, who scored 12 goals and registered 28 points this past season, is a five-time 20-goal scorer who has reached double figures in 11 consecutive campaigns. He extended his streak in 2024-25, which he began with the <a data-clubhouse-guid=\"d9088081-d43d-e521-3c19-d9b4fc1bc3ba\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nhl\/team\/_\/name\/nsh\/nashville-predators\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Nashville Predators<\/a> before he was moved to the <a data-clubhouse-guid=\"b024c635-e192-6545-f8c1-b5da0df5ff6c\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nhl\/team\/_\/name\/min\/minnesota-wild\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Minnesota Wild<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Whether it was the Jets or another team, those interested in signing Nyquist eyed him with the intent of adding another top-nine winger option. But as for the Jets&#8217; specific situation, signing Nyquist comes as they await what happens with unrestricted free agent winger <a data-player-guid=\"72c4eb2a-4a67-a554-9d3a-35695339fc11\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nhl\/player\/_\/id\/3114741\/nikolaj-ehlers\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Nikolaj Ehlers<\/a>, who is the most prominent player remaining in free agency.<\/p>\n<p>Editor&#8217;s Picks<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a name=\"&amp;lpos=story:editorspicks:inline:1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nhl\/story\/_\/id\/45619963\/nhl-free-agency-tracker-2025-contracts-teams-analysis-grades\" class=\"img-link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/r1486749_1296x1296_1-1.jpg&#038;w=130&#038;h=130&#038;scale=crop&#038;location=center.jpeg\" width=\"65\" height=\"65\"\/><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a name=\"&amp;lpos=story:editorspicks:inline:2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nhl\/story\/_\/id\/45620649\/nhl-free-agency-2025-grades-team-fits-analysis-contracts\" class=\"img-link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/r1492131_1296x1296_1-1.jpg&#038;w=130&#038;h=130&#038;scale=crop&#038;location=center.jpeg\" width=\"65\" height=\"65\"\/><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>1 Related<\/p>\n<p>Finding a way to potentially replace the production created by Ehlers, among others, was one of the challenges facing the Jets entering free agency.<\/p>\n<p>The Jets entered with $24.513 million in cap space. They got an early start by agreeing to a deal with Winnipeg native and three-time Stanley Cup champion <a data-player-guid=\"1819e3b7-049b-eece-271b-0829c481f92e\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nhl\/player\/_\/id\/3669\/jonathan-toews\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Jonathan Toews<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>But there were concerns beyond whether they could re-sign Ehlers that they needed to confront. They had a decision to make with forwards <a data-player-guid=\"36a8ffce-bc3a-200d-71e6-804f940271a3\" href=\"http:\/\/www.espn.com\/nhl\/player\/_\/id\/3942043\/mason-appleton\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Mason Appleton<\/a> and <a data-player-guid=\"1a99404e-ebb0-41b6-188a-ddd2d3005100\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nhl\/player\/_\/id\/3096236\/brandon-tanev\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Brandon Tanev<\/a>. Both would leave in free agency with Appleton signing Wednesday with the <a data-clubhouse-guid=\"285ae6e1-8408-88cf-50ad-1a1e7be66658\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nhl\/team\/_\/name\/det\/detroit-red-wings\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Detroit Red Wings<\/a> and Tanev signing Tuesday with the <a data-clubhouse-guid=\"f7e8115e-e00b-315d-8018-d2b38e4f420a\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nhl\/team\/_\/name\/uta\/utah-mammoth\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Utah Mammoth<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Jets general manager Kevin Cheveldayoff also had to get new contracts done for a four-player restricted free agent class that&#8217;s led by 27-goal scorer <a data-player-guid=\"0045287b-8071-31fc-300d-b1fd5ef91f26\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nhl\/player\/_\/id\/4233583\/gabriel-vilardi\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Gabriel Vilardi<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s why the Jets used free agency to also sign <a data-player-guid=\"800aba02-c43a-0cd9-e246-f4dde05717ea\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nhl\/player\/_\/id\/2976860\/tanner-pearson\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Tanner Pearson<\/a>, who scored 12 goals and 27 points with the <a data-clubhouse-guid=\"dd8e7d92-918d-4ec1-4e50-c328fc09467a\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nhl\/team\/_\/name\/vgk\/vegas-golden-knights\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Vegas Golden Knights<\/a>, to a one-year deal worth $1 million.<\/p>\n<p>Now that they have Nyquist as part of a haul that includes Pearson and Toews, PuckPedia projects that the Jets have $19.063 million in remaining cap space.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Ryan S. 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