(Another in a series of player profiles prior to training camp.)

Gustav Nyquist

Position: Left wing/right wing

Age: 29 (on Sept. 1)

Height/Weight: 5-11/184

2017-18 stats: 82 games, 21 goals, 19 assists, 40 points, minus-2 rating, 20 penalty minutes.

Career stats: 419 games, 109 goals, 137 assists, 246 points, plus-3 rating, 116 penalty minutes.

Contract: One year at a cap hit of $4.75 million. Will be an unrestricted free agent on July 1.

2017-18 in review: Second on team in goals, fourth in points. ... Second in shots on goal (213). ... One of three Red Wings to appear in all 82 games. ... Hasn't missed a game due to an injury the past four seasons (served six-game suspension in 2016-17). ... Three-game goal-scoring streak (March 12-16) equaled team's longest of season. ... Two three-point games (Oct. 13 at Vegas, Dec. 5 vs. Winnipeg). ... Scored 100th goal on Dec. 31. ... Appeared in 400th game on Feb. 13. ... Tallied only three power-play goals and career-low eight power-play points. ... Went 2 for 6 in shootouts. ... Increased goal total after scoring only 12 the previous season but point total was lowest of career since becoming an NHL regular. ... Career-high in average ice time (17:51). ... Picked up four goals and one assist in nine games at the World Championship for gold medal-winning Sweden.

2018-19 outlook: Perhaps no other Red Wing has suffered as much from the team's poor power play the past three seasons. Nyquist tallied 14 power-play goals and 24 power-play points in 2014-15, when Detroit's man-advantage ranked second in the NHL. In three seasons since, he has collected just 12 power-play goals and 29 power-play points.

He hasn't become the 30-goal scorer many projected after he tallied 28 and 27 goals, respectively, in his first two seasons.

Nyquist has spent a lot of time on Henrik Zetterberg's line. Whether or not Zetterberg returns, coach Jeff Blashill might opt to reunite Nyquist with Thomas Vanek and Darren Helm to start the season, a combination that clicked at the beginning of 2016-17.

The Red Wings are expected to use the first half of the season to determine Nyquist's future with the organization. With several skilled forwards in the pipeline and the high cost of signing Nyquist, they might opt to move him before the trade deadline. He has a no-trade clause, but he would probably agree to waive it to join a playoff-contending team.

Quotable: "I've got to find a way to be better. I scored a little more goals this year, but I still think I created enough chances to score more. I want to produce more than I did. I've got to find a way here during the summer to do some things and get better for next year to have a big season." - Nyquist.

Key question: Do the Red Wings re-sign Nyquist, which likely would be for three or four years in excess of $5 million per season, or do they move him by the trade deadline?