He spelled Burakovsky wrong. Nickulishin is awful
I watch alot of Avalanche games due to my ownership of MacKinnon, Burakosky, Zadarov and Grubauer in my big $$ fantasy league and your going to be suprised at what I'm going to say but Nishuskin hasn't been aweful at all and in fact the past 5-6 weeks has really stepped up his game to the point where he is playing better now than he ever did when he was with the Stars as their 1st round pick in the 2013 draft I believe. That said I agree with you that I wouldn't do the deal either.
However Burakovsky and a 1st for Kreider is a totally different animal and I'd very likley pull the trigger on that deal. You put a Burakovsky with a Panarin and/or Mika and he flirts with 30 goal seasons going forward as he's really stepped up his game as well this year and matured as a player.
His wrist shot is ridiculous by the way as I didn't really realize until watching him as much as I have this season what a sniper he has become.
Kreider on the Avalanche would be huge and just what they need. You put him with MacKinnon or even Kadri on the 2nd line and playing on the #1 PP unit, he might be just the tonic they needed to win a Cup.
I tell ya a deal like that really would be a win/win for both teams and I could actually see something like that happening.