Confirmed Signing with Link: [COL] Avalanche re-sign F Valeri Nichushkin (8 years, $6.125M AAV)

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Save for maybe this one:

Quoting something that is still true is dumb....he was meh prior to last season. Great he is having a good start..let's see how he does the rest of the season. He always had the tools but no toolbox in Dallas.

 

[uncleben]

To most of the chest thumpers and back patters, there's still 7.9 years to go.
Those saying it won't age well didn't mean within the first month...


Good on Nuke though. Great player who has put in a lot of hardwork to be at this point

 

[jimmysheva]

It will age well because the cap will go up

 

[AvStock]

Quoting something that is still true is dumb....he was meh prior to last season. Great he is having a good start..let's see how he does the rest of the season. He always had the tools but no toolbox in Dallas.

Mad cause y’all are missing out on Nuke

 

[JoeSakic13]

Quoting something that is still true is dumb....he was meh prior to last season. Great he is having a good start..let's see how he does the rest of the season. He always had the tools but no toolbox in Dallas.

A bad take in all bold is just as persuasive as putting it in all caps.

 

[Unspecified]

Mad cause y’all are missing out on Nuke

Missing out? Interesting since we have scores 21 goals in 5 games and are top in the division though.

 

[McJedi]

Missing out? Interesting since we have scores 21 goals in 5 games and are top in the division though.

Maybe they’ll give Dallas the cup Thursday night. Time to crown them champs of the 2022-23 season.

 

[Colorado Avalanche]

I wasn’t one of those who were overly critical of this deal but maybe you guys should hold back a bit before taking your victory lap. It’s 6 games into a 656 game contract.

Don't spoil the party. At least we got to enjoy this 6 games.

 

[lionsDen]

nuke one of three Av’s ever to score 6 goals in his first 6 games.

Nukes coming to radiate your villages

 

[lionsDen]

To most of the chest thumpers and back patters, there's still 7.9 years to go.
Those saying it won't age well didn't mean within the first month...


Good on Nuke though. Great player who has put in a lot of hardwork to be at this poi

I don’t expect him to be great through the contract .. but all those comments about a career year blah blah… maybe they should eat some crow eh

 

[Hasbro]

Contract Size queens.

 

[Freudian]

He doesn't need to put up huge numbers for it to be a decent contract. His two-way play is what got him the contract, in combination with the ability to score the odd goal.

Even if he's just a 50 point guy going forward, it's well worth the money given his skating and checking ability.

 

[Man Bear Pig]

Throw in the towel, this guy is done after a handful of games on his new deal.

 

[mattihp]

Some will say overpaid, but that's pretty much what guys like Jere Lehtinen would have been offered today.

 

[PAZ]

Quoting something that is still true is dumb....he was meh prior to last season. Great he is having a good start..let's see how he does the rest of the season. He always had the tools but no toolbox in Dallas.

Considering Marchment was basically a career AHLer before last year, I can only imagine how upset you were when the Stars signed him.

 

[AMDZen]

Quoting something that is still true is dumb....he was meh prior to last season. Great he is having a good start..let's see how he does the rest of the season. He always had the tools but no toolbox in Dallas.

Stars fans salt for missing out on nuke will never cease to amuse me.

I'm sure you'll be the first one back in threads about this after he continues to play great all season long and congratulate his year

 

[Cousin Eddie]

He was much better than a 6.1M player last year too.

I mean yeah I don’t think he continues to lead the league in points all year but he’d have to really fall off for people to question this contract in the next few years.

 

[tucker3434]

Shooting at an unsustainable 30% and has an insanely high on-ice shooting percentage...

Good player, but let's see how the season plays out.

He’s at a goal per game and almost 2ppg. These numbers would be unsustainable for McDavid or Matthews. Still, not a bad start for a guy getting paid to put up ~60 points.

 

[Satan]

Stars fans salt for missing out on nuke will never cease to amuse me.

It's really just one extremely vocal Stars fan in this thread lmao. I can't believe he keeps doubling down on his takes.

 

[MaKarter]

30 pts next year

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1/3 of the way there through 6 games.

 

[josra33]

1/3 of the way there through 6 games.

Pretty weird that you’re having an argument with a murderer fan…

 

[BringTheReign]

It will age well because the cap will go up

Yup. By the time Nuke is a 3rd liner again his contract will be like 4-5% of the cap. It'll already by only 6% when it rises the estimated $10M in the next three seasons.

 

[Spilot23]

Did someone create a poll between Nuke and McDavid? This would be close I think.

 

[SeanMoneyHands]

His name should be changed to Nichushking.

 

[GirardSpinorama]

Shooting at an unsustainable 30% and has an insanely high on-ice shooting percentage...

Good player, but let's see how the season plays out.

Ya he's not gonna go 2 PPG lol.