Confirmed with Link: Nichushkin back in assistance program; suspended a minimum of six months

[BoxOfChocolates]

You just know he ends up in either Florida, Tampa Bay, New York, or Vegas when the Avs move on

and scores 30-40 while we cling on to a wildcard spot

 

[niwotsblessing]

and scores 30-40 while we cling on to a wildcard spot

Then gets suspended in the playoffs. Again.

 

[Balthazar]

Until proven otherwise we have to assume that the Avs won't spend his cap hit this summer and Nuke will join the team in November.

From there, it's very possible that they decide that the lesser of 2 evils is to keep him with the team.

If the Avs are middle of the pack they'll rather have Nuke than dead cap hit.

 

[Alex Jones]

Can we just do the old Michael Irvin and just have someone with him all the time?

 

[The Abusement Park]

Can we just do the old Michael Irvin and just have someone with him all the time?

Or we could just let him bang rails on the bench?

 

[Alex Jones]

Or we could just let him bang rails on the bench?

I feel like this is more less what we have been doing...

 

[SB]

Yeah once the party-PED proportion shifted in my brain, all this makes much more sense.

 

[Nihiliste]

What is the injury we would use LTIR for him?

No, a succesfull recovery from substance abuse is not an injury

Upper body injury - atrophied nasal septum

 

[AvsMakar08]

Until proven otherwise we have to assume that the Avs won't spend his cap hit this summer and Nuke will join the team in November.

From there, it's very possible that they decide that the lesser of 2 evils is to keep him with the team.

If the Avs are middle of the pack they'll rather have Nuke than dead cap hit.

Nuke will be back. WE need him.

 

[expatriatedtexan]

Nuke will be back. WE need him.

Personally, I won't watch another game with him in an Avalanche jersey.

 

[Colorado Avalanche]

So sick. He cost us the series. That game four was total shitshow.

Until proven otherwise we have to assume that the Avs won't spend his cap hit this summer and Nuke will join the team in November.

From there, it's very possible that they decide that the lesser of 2 evils is to keep him with the team.

If the Avs are middle of the pack they'll rather have Nuke than dead cap hit.

They will send him to Toronto island or Vegas golf course where careers go to die.

 

[Vaslof]

Nuke will be back. WE need him.

No way. They won't waste a third playoffs for a tiny chance that he might finally change his ways.

 

[jimmysheva]

Dump his contract to Utah and sign a new top 6 winger.

 

[wayninja]

Nuke will be back. WE need him.

Why on earth would anyone want him back? I don't get it. This is like spousal abuse syndrome.

 

[Sea Eagles]

For those interested, next season starts 4th October 2024. He can return 14th November, 2024 (that's only 1 month, 10 days), so he won't actually miss that much for us.

We need to think with our hearts here. You don't cast aside a person when they are at their lowest ebb. You nurture, reassure, validate and support both mentally and physically. That's my club.

 

[Grigowski]

We need to think with our hearts here. You don't cast aside a person when they are at their lowest ebb. You nurture, reassure, validate and support both mentally and physically. That's my club.

Termination, settlement and we get of the hook and the player can go back to russia and play KHL.

We need to get rid of this contract and player and spend is 6.2 mill elsewhere.

If we have to trade him for nothing and are finding a team willing to take him, so be it. I dont care if we get fleeced in that trade, just get this player and contract off this team and move on.

And no, there is no coming back for this player. End of story.

 

[The Moops]

Why on earth would anyone want him back? I don't get it. This is like spousal abuse syndrome.

Stockholm syndrome I think is what you're looking for.

Now the syndrome you have from posting all of those Babylon bee memes today, I'm not sure what it's called

 

[Boulder Avalanche]

No matter how good they can be, you cannot let a player back into the locker room who derailed two post-season runs their antics. Teams move off of talented but troubled players all the time. Val needs help but it is a fool me once situation for the boys.

 

[DanishAvsfan]

For those interested, next season starts 4th October 2024. He can return 14th November, 2024 (that's only 1 month, 10 days), so he won't actually miss that much for us.

We need to think with our hearts here. You don't cast aside a person when they are at their lowest ebb. You nurture, reassure, validate and support both mentally and physically. That's my club.

 

[Flanagan]

The 2022 Cup is miraculous looking back on it. We had Kadri and Nishushkin both in the lineup?!

• Kadri 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021: gets kicked out of the playoffs 3 times in 4 years
• Nichushkin 2023, 2024: gets kicked out of playoffs in back to back years

Both guys played through broken bones but didn't do anything stupid enough to get banned.

2022 was a narrow window and the Avs pulled it off. Not to mention Landeskog's absense since then.

 

[Colorado Avalanche]

Why on earth would anyone want him back? I don't get it. This is like spousal abuse syndrome.

Abused ones usually get abused again and again.

No matter how good they can be, you cannot let a player back into the locker room who derailed two post-season runs their antics. Teams move off of talented but troubled players all the time. Val needs help but it is a fool me once situation for the boys.

Yeah, we beat Kraken last season with Nuke and Dallas this season. Imo.

He cost us two series. As good as he is, he isn't worth keeping if he can't play.

 

[missionAvs]

For those interested, next season starts 4th October 2024. He can return 14th November, 2024 (that's only 1 month, 10 days), so he won't actually miss that much for us.

We need to think with our hearts here. You don't cast aside a person when they are at their lowest ebb. You nurture, reassure, validate and support both mentally and physically. That's my club.

I am thinking with my heart. f*** him. Terminate his ass and ship his luggage back to Russia via USPS ground.

 

[RockLobster]

For those interested, next season starts 4th October 2024. He can return 14th November, 2024 (that's only 1 month, 10 days), so he won't actually miss that much for us.

We need to think with our hearts here. You don't cast aside a person when they are at their lowest ebb. You nurture, reassure, validate and support both mentally and physically. That's my club.

No, he’s done and should be. Two straight years that he’s been stupid enough to get himself forcibly removed from the roster at the most crucial time, and 3rd overall (middle of this season).

He can’t be relied upon. It sucks because he obviously brings a lot to the team and he’d fit like a glove, but he can’t walk in to that locker room again

 

[Frenchy]

Nuke will be back. WE need him.

i'll try to be the devil's advocate here and trust me it's not easy. WE may need him because of what he brings on the ice when every thing is fine with him in his head , but WE definitely don't need the toxic environment that he brings with his problems, arround the team and in the locker room.

I feel bad for him and i hope he will finally get the help he needs, but strictly from a business point of view, i hope this guy will never ever wear an Avs jersey again and from now on i want him as far away as possible from the team.

 

[Drury_Sakic]

I have faith that the NHL will let the Avs negotiate a settlement with Nuke to go away cap free. The question is will the Avs actually go through the effort and do it. It’s happened before, it can happen again.

Again, the NHL does not want the story. Nor I am sure does Nuke or the Avs. If there is a financial compensation package that makes the contract and player go away, then it will happen.