Quote:
Originally Posted by Enoch Root
Holland was willing to give up Nyquist and wasn't willing to give up a 1st. Period
You can try to spin it all you want, but I am of the opinion that he would look a little further out than his ability to get Nyquist into the lineup at that point in time
|
It's not spin it's reality. Nyquist suffered the same fate as Toffoli, and last year there was concerns that Nyquist simply couldn't emerge in Detroit because of all the warm bodies. Detroit actually wasn't able to sign Nyquist until August basically because Nyquist didn't know if there'd be room for him and Detroit didn't have the space because they wanted Cleary back as well. Detroit likely would have known that Nyquist was their most expendable but attractive asset.
Only injuries this year gave him that opportunity and he's now cemented himself into the roster. You can't be absolutist and say that Nyquist had less value than any first because Detroit didn't want to give one up. The context matters.
But it was well documented back in 2012 that Nyquist had Calder potential. A number of forecasters knew the potential for Nyquist was there.