News Article: Nichushkin returning on 2 Year deal

[93Crazed101]

Will be officially announced on July 1st. I think this us good overall. Don't know the cap hit yet, but two years seems like a good risk-reward ratio. Hopefully it goes well. Any other thoughts?

http://www.tsn.ca/report-stars-nichushkin-reach-two-year-deal-1.1107075

Stars' Valeri Nichushkin: Evidently preparing for NHL return

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[Kcb12345]

I'm excited for it. Everyone will hate on him so I hope he proves them all wrong. Hope he proves us all wrong really since none of us have that high of hopes for him. If he puts up 40 points next season I'd be more than thrilled, and I'm happy we are getting some nice speed and depth added to our lineup. Huge upgrade over Ritchie so that's a good start

 

[Satan]

Free depth

 

[jballa95]

Exactly, free depth. This is not a negative signing. Hopefully Radulov takes him under his wing and teaches him a few things.

Nill OBVIOUSLY sees Nichuskin as the key to the playoffs. The two seasons he's played more than 8 games are the two seasons the Stars have gotten in.

And atleast he's pretty fun to watch.

 

[Spirit of 67]

Did you mean July 1?

 

[FirstRowUpperDeck]

Rads just needs to show Nuke how to care about playing. He will be fine. Probably score 15 goals or so rather than overpay a UFA 5x to score 20.

 

[Magic Mittens]

Very glad to see him back. He isn't as bad as lots of the negative stars fans around here think.

He always had great chemistry with Seguin and if they can work well together again it will help moving Rads onto a different line to give us more options.

Either way he's better then Ritchie and Pitlick. Not that Pitlick is bad or anything

 

[Satan]

Did you mean July 1?

Wow this is the kind of correction I come to this site for.

 

[Troy McClure]

Nill OBVIOUSLY sees Nichuskin as the key to the playoffs. The two seasons he's played more than 8 games are the two seasons the Stars have gotten in.

And the only playoff series they’ve won under Nill was one where Nichushkin was scratched.

 

[Smelling Salt]

Cautiously optimistic. I have very low expectations so I won't be disappointed. It would be huge if he could contribute offensively to the tune of 15-20 goals.

 

[Spirit of 67]

Wow this is the kind of correction I come to this site for.

It was a question, not a correction.

Sorry for the confusion.

 

[93Crazed101]

Did you mean July 1?

Yes, sorry think it was autocorrect.

 

[Spirit of 67]

Yes, sorry think it was autocorrect.

 

[M88K]

And the only playoff series they’ve won under Nill was one where Nichushkin was scratched.

Played 10 of a possible 13 playoff games....
2 of the 3 missed games were against St. Louis

Math just doesn't add up

 

[Troy McClure]

Played 10 of a possible 13 playoff games....
2 of the 3 missed games were against St. Louis

Math just doesn't add up

What doesn’t add up? Just stating facts the same as the post I was replying to.

 

[jballa95]

And the only playoff series they’ve won under Nill was one where Nichushkin was scratched.

I was being sarcastic. Nichushkin only missed one game in the Minnesota series, although he was practically invisible the entire playoffs. I don't think Nichushkin actually caused Dallas to make the playoffs, just found it as an amusing coincidence.

 

[Troy McClure]

I was being sarcastic. Nichushkin only missed one game in the Minnesota series, although he was practically invisible the entire playoffs. I don't think Nichushkin actually caused Dallas to make the playoffs, just found it as an amusing coincidence.

I was also having fun.

 

[serp]

 

[mouser]

For any curious why this deal has to wait until July 1st until it can be formally done, there are two separate reasons:

1) Group 2 free agents (RFA) like Nichushkin have to be signed by Dec 1st or they are ineligible to sign/play that season. So he could not be signed for 2017-18 after Dec 1st.

2) Generally players are not permitted to sign contracts that do not include the current season (League Year). This is why players like Kovalchuk and Koskinen have to wait until July 1st as well, even though they are no longer under contract to any KHL team. There are three exceptions to this rule**, however Nichushkin does not fit into any of those exception categories.


** The exceptions are:
a) Contract extension. Nichushkin isn't currently under NHL contract so he's not eligible to sign a contract extension.
b) Unsigned draft pick. They can be signed from March 1st to June 1st for the upcoming season.
c) Draft Related Free agent. They can be signed from March 1st to June 1st for the upcoming season. Generally draft related free agents are those players who are eligible to sign with any team as a UFA and have never been signed to an NHL contract before. e.g. Shipachyov last season.

 

[jballa95]

I was also having fun.

Fun? No such thing.

 

[M88K]

I was also having fun.

My mistake, I've been dealing with a lot of irrational Nichushkin hate, so when someone post something like
the only playoff series they've won he was scratched for, when he in fact played in all but 1 game. I just assumed it was more of the irrational hated that wasn't founded in reality.

 

[Troy McClure]

My mistake, I've been dealing with a lot of irrational Nichushkin hate, so when someone post something like
the only playoff series they've won he was scratched for, when he in fact played in all but 1 game. I just assumed it was more of the irrational hated that wasn't founded in reality.

My Nichushkin hatred is entirely rational.

 

[Kcb12345]

 

[Kcb12345]

 

[Mr Misty]

Too much. He left when we gave Hudler his 2m slot, boy what a great choice that was.