from Ted Kulfan of the Detroit News,
What stung Kronwall about this particular move was his friendship with Nyquist. They’d been teammates for parts of eight seasons in Detroit, and being part of that Swedish core of Wings, had developed a strong friendship.
“For the first time, it was one of my closer friends that got traded,” Kronwall said. “It was not fun.”
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Kronwall knows that if the Wings were playoff contenders, Nyquist would still be his teammate.
“We put ourselves in this position (for players to be traded), we allowed this to happen,” Kronwall said.