With news today sourcing some actual interest from the Pittsburgh Penguins on potential trade target Micheal Ferland, I reached out to our buddy Sean Tierney to get some data.
I gave Sean a few names, and he gave me this view of goals above replacement. We included Derick Brassard for reference, and to show that sending Brass out and bringing someone else new in would be pretty beneficial.
“Gustav Nyquist has been the best of the bunch overall,” Sean noted. “He’s powered good results at even-strength despite playing for a struggling Red Wings team.