I'd do that but Ottawa would never.Rantanen and a pick for B. tkachuk and Chycrun, thoughts?
This! Absolutely on the mark. He's damaged goods. Sorry for him but .....People can stay clean for years then relapse. You never know when it comes to drug and alcohol addiction. Even if Nuke stays clean and completes the program for 6 months, it doesn’t mean he won’t relapse later. He may not, but 6 months is nothing
How does this solve our cap issues?Rantanen and a pick for B. tkachuk and Chycrun, thoughts?
If Kane can find a new job, Nuke can easily. Teams don't care. Not to mention Nuke is twice the player.I don't think so. There will be plenty of teams willing to give him a chance, he's that good. And it's not like he comes with some terrible legal baggage, unless some new info surfaces regarding what happened in Seattle or regarding his substance abuse.
"This is clearly an issue that has been ongoing even before what happened in Seattle."The team has done a great job covering publicly for him and probably knows a lot more of what's going on than the fans do. Where there's smoke there is fire. This is clearly an issue that has been ongoing even before what happened in Seattle. If the Avs are smart they have good record keeping for their benefit. I still am sticking to the contract will be terminated, possibly by Nuke failing, or by the Avs. I'm sure they'll do their due diligence to shop him around, but I also don't think the Avs will take any chances.
Florida and Vegas are just jumping off the map at where I think he'll end up.
If Kane can find a new job, Nuke can easily. Teams don't care. Not to mention Nuke is twice the player.
Since soliciting a prostitute and hard drug usage are illegal and have made it into the public record, I would be shocked if the Avs didn't have a decently strong argument for termination on the grounds of the morals clause in the contract.I still am sticking to the contract will be terminated, possibly by Nuke failing, or by the Avs.
Starting to wonder where the drugs play into this:Nuke has been a rollercoaster player. Full of highs and lows. Who knows? Perhaps his just ended playoff point total and note worthy play is the result of substance ingestation?
Failed testDid he fail a drug test mid-season and that's why he had to go into the PAP earlier? Or was it voluntary?
Functional druggie/alcoholic, some seasons.Starting to wonder where the drugs play into this:
(18-19 ) He went a full season not scoring a single goal a Dallas.
(19-20) Nearly on his way out of the league gets his game going again.
(20-21) Numbers take a step back.
(21-22) Contract year and he steps up again and is a monster in the playoffs.
(22-23) Another step back for his numbers and the Seattle incident.
(23-24) Pulls up his socks and starts the year on fire. Another setback mid season this year. Gets it together and leads the playoffs in goals. Now this.
This! Absolutely on the mark. He's damaged goods. Sorry for him but .....
They might, but they'll likely be paying Nichushkin something big in a settlement.Since soliciting a prostitute and hard drug usage are illegal and have made it into the public record, I would be shocked if the Avs didn't have a decently strong argument for termination on the grounds of the morals clause in the contract.
Do we know when the test was?Failed test
Yep. I was going to bring up the 57 games/zero goals thing. Given his talent, that's pretty hard to do.Starting to wonder where the drugs play into this:
(18-19 ) He went a full season not scoring a single goal a Dallas.
(19-20) Nearly on his way out of the league gets his game going again.
(20-21) Numbers take a step back.
(21-22) Contract year and he steps up again and is a monster in the playoffs.
(22-23) Another step back for his numbers and the Seattle incident.
(23-24) Pulls up his socks and starts the year on fire. Another setback mid season this year. Gets it together and leads the playoffs in goals. Now this.
It's the Latter Day Rumspinga.I went to college in a very Mormon heavy areas... let's just say 18/19/20 for a lot of Mormons is very wild.
Rantanen and a pick for B. tkachuk and Chycrun, thoughts?
That puts the Avs $3-4M more in the hole next season. Can't work.Rantanen and a pick for B. tkachuk and Chycrun, thoughts?
If Landeskog can post, that's a competitive team. If he can't......If (big if) we can get rid of Nuke's contract the team could potentially look like this next year...
And for one year it might be OK, but then in 25-26 on the 2nd pairing, the Avs would have a 34 year old Manson and........nobody. They'd get lit up.Rantanen and Girard for Tkachuk and Chychrun... saves about $1.5m next year.