{"id":135083,"date":"2023-01-29T17:07:01","date_gmt":"2023-01-29T22:07:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/?p=135083"},"modified":"2023-01-29T17:07:01","modified_gmt":"2023-01-29T22:07:01","slug":"nhl-rumours-oilers-coyotes-nick-bjugstad-trade","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/2023\/01\/29\/nhl-rumours-oilers-coyotes-nick-bjugstad-trade\/","title":{"rendered":"NHL Rumours: Edmonton Oilers Show Interest in Arizona Coyotes Forward"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s Sunday and that means another edition of NHL rumours. Some teams are out of the Stanley Cup Playoff race while others need a jolt in their lineup. The <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/category\/coyotes\/\" target=\"_self\">Arizona Coyotes <\/a>are in the mix to<a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/2023\/01\/24\/connor-bedard-2023-nhl-draft-scouting-report\/\" target=\"_self\"> land Connor Bedard<\/a> and will likely sell at the March 3 trade deadline. Something like a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/b\/bjugsni01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2023-01-29_hr\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Nick Bjugstad<\/a> trade could be something the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/category\/oilers\/\" target=\"_self\">Edmonton Oilers<\/a> could swing. Today&#8217;s NHL rumours looks at Edmonton&#8217;s interest in the veteran forward.<\/p>\n<p>All NHL rumours come from the original source and are subject to change.<\/p>\n<h2>NHL Rumours<\/h2>\n<h3>Edmonton Oilers Show Interest in Nick Bjugstad Trade<\/h3>\n<p>Rumour: Jeff Marek on Saturday&#8217;s Headlines segment on Hockey Night in Canada said the Oilers are interested in the 30-year-old forward. Marek added that there are other teams besides the Oilers that want the Blaine, Minn. native. He&#8217;s been having a solid season with 11 goals through 49 games.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">32 HNIC: NHLPA leadership search\/Who&#39;s doing what in All-Star Skills\/EDM interest in Bjugstad\/Soucy\/Khudobin &#8212; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/TRHo5x01uO\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/t.co\/TRHo5x01uO<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Elliotte Friedman (@FriedgeHNIC) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FriedgeHNIC\/status\/1619524191040176129?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">January 29, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Bjugstad is having his best offensive season since the 2017-18 season when he scored 19 goals with the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/category\/panthers\/\" target=\"_self\">Florida Panthers<\/a>. He&#8217;s 6-foot, 6-inches and could provide some size down the middle. The centre hasn&#8217;t gotten a lot of power play time, but he could be put in the middle to help provide some muscle.<\/p>\n<h3>What a Nick Bjugstad Trade Means<\/h3>\n<p>Most<a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/2023\/01\/17\/is-a-jakob-chychrun-trade-imminent\/\" target=\"_self\"> Coyotes trade talk<\/a> focuses on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/c\/chychja01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2023-01-29_hr\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Jakob Chychrun<\/a>, but there are plenty of other pieces that will be moved by general manager <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/a\/armstbi01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2023-01-29_hr\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Bill Armstrong<\/a>. The Arizona GM has some desirable trade chips that he could move at the deadline.<\/p>\n<p>Bjugstad&#8217;s contract is at a very friendly $900,000, which helps out teams like Edmonton. Many of the contenders are up against the $82.5 million cap number and a low-cost addition like Bjugstad could work.<\/p>\n<p>The Oilers top six with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/m\/mcdavco01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2023-01-29_hr\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Connor McDavid<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/d\/draisle01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2023-01-29_hr\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Leon Draisaitl<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/n\/nugenry01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2023-01-29_hr\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Ryan Nugent-Hopkins<\/a> are solid. However, there are plenty of questions on the bottom-part of Edmonton&#8217;s lineup. A player like Bjugstad may not be the cure-all, but he could provide some help for an Oilers team with sights on a deep playoff run.<\/p>\n<p><a id=\"byMVQ9uSTglY2EihKH-umA\" class=\"gie-single\" style=\"color: #a7a7a7; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal !important; border: none; display: inline-block;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/1246329232\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Embed from Getty Images<\/a><script>window.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:'byMVQ9uSTglY2EihKH-umA',sig:'6EYuSFR4P3hlyDzRFyKM4sheGjYmuSj1dgbFZ4Lqzxo=',w:'594px',h:'396px',items:'1246329232',caption: true ,tld:'com',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s Sunday and that means another edition of NHL rumours. Some teams are out of the Stanley Cup Playoff race while others need a jolt in their lineup. The Arizona Coyotes are in the mix to land Connor Bedard and will likely sell at the March 3 trade deadline. Something like a Nick Bjugstad trade [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2352,"featured_media":135084,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4321,23,4547,4548,21],"tags":[7165,5540,652],"class_list":["post-135083","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-rumours","category-oilers","category-hockey","category-nhl","category-mammoth","tag-arizona-coyotes-rumours","tag-edmonton-oilers-rumours","tag-nick-bjugstad"],"modified_by":"Dan Mount, Editor","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/135083","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2352"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=135083"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/135083\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/135084"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=135083"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=135083"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=135083"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}