{"id":135601,"date":"2023-03-03T09:37:59","date_gmt":"2023-03-03T14:37:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/?p=135601"},"modified":"2023-03-03T09:37:59","modified_gmt":"2023-03-03T14:37:59","slug":"nick-bjugstad-tarded-by-arizona-coyotes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/2023\/03\/03\/nick-bjugstad-tarded-by-arizona-coyotes\/","title":{"rendered":"Arizona Coyotes Trade Veteran Forward At Deadline"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Arizona Coyotes announced that forward <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/b\/bjugsni01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2023-02-14_hr\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Nick Bjugstad<\/a> was traded to the Edmonton Oilers in exchange for 2023 third-round draft pick and defenceman Michael Kesselring. Defenceman Cam Dineen is included on the package to Edmonton.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">News: We have acquired a 2023 third-round draft choice and defenseman Michael Kesselring from the Edmonton Oilers.<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/eQujmdweS7\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/t.co\/eQujmdweS7<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Arizona Coyotes (@ArizonaCoyotes) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ArizonaCoyotes\/status\/1631402771210727427?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">March 2, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2>Centre Nick Bjugstad Traded by the Arizona Coyotes<\/h2>\n<p>Veteran centre Nick Bjugstad has been traded by the Arizona Coyotes. He was drafted in the first round of the 2010 NHL Draft by the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/category\/panthers\/\" target=\"_self\">Florida Panthers. <\/a>Now, Bjugstad is in his 12th NHL season. Over his career, he played for the Panthers, <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/category\/penguins\/\" target=\"_self\">Pittsburgh Penguins<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/category\/wild\/\" target=\"_self\">Minnesota Wild<\/a>, and Coyotes. The Coyotes <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nhl.com\/news\/arizona-coyotes-sign-nick-bjugstad-josh-brown-troy-stecher-trade-for-patrik-nemeth\/c-334962070\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">signed<\/a> Bjugstad to a one-year contract in the off-season. While Bjugstad&#8217;s point production has tailored off in recent years, he is having somewhat of a resurgence this year. In 54 games this season Bjugstad has scored 13 goals and ten assists. This is his highest point total since the 2017-18 season with the Panthers when he put up 49 points.<\/p>\n<h3>What It Means For the Future<\/h3>\n<p>Nick Bjugstad is a solid bottom-six veteran forward. At 6 foot 6 inches and 209 pounds, Bjugstad provides size down the middle. For a team looking to go deep in the playoffs, having a veteran presence such as Bjugstad is invaluable as well. Bjugstad can provide stability down the middle. Plus, he is a very effective defensive forward to help with both positional matchups and the penalty kill. The fact that Bjugstad has shown a resurgence of his offensive ability shows that he can also contribute to the score sheet while handling key defensive responsibilities.<\/p>\n<p>The Coyotes brought Bjugstad in to provide a veteran presence for their large group of younger players. He seems to have done just that. But now the Coyotes have taken advantage of Bjugstad&#8217;s trade value being at a high point. With Bjugstad an unrestricted free agent after this season and likely a rental, the Coyotes decision to move him brings them additional assets to help their rebuild.<\/p>\n<p>Main photo: Joe Camporeale &#8211; USA TODAY Sports<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Arizona Coyotes announced that forward Nick Bjugstad was traded to the Edmonton Oilers in exchange for 2023 third-round draft pick and defenceman Michael Kesselring. Defenceman Cam Dineen is included on the package to Edmonton. News: We have acquired a 2023 third-round draft choice and defenseman Michael Kesselring from the Edmonton Oilers.https:\/\/t.co\/eQujmdweS7 &mdash; Arizona Coyotes [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4428,"featured_media":135787,"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":[21,4547,4548],"tags":[5746,652],"class_list":["post-135601","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mammoth","category-hockey","category-nhl","tag-nhl-trade","tag-nick-bjugstad"],"modified_by":"Luiza Vidal, Editor","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/135601","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\/4428"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=135601"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/135601\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/135787"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=135601"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=135601"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=135601"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}