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

[LTCPain75]

I was told it was cheese

The same person told you a stork delivered you, right?

 

[henchman21]

The same person told you a stork delivered you, right?

Wait….

 

[ABasin]

I was told it was cheese

...and a migrant in a hotel.

 

[NOTENOUGHRYJOTHINGS]

Serious issues?

The guy is seemingly addicted to a party drug/partying, hence his little Seattle stunt last year.

Then you look at his Instagram photos and it's clear the guy likes to have a good time and prioritizes that over hockey.

And despite that in the 8 games he played he was more effective than anyone else on the team.

Would you rather have Nuke who may not show up depending on whether he gets his hands on some powder. Or Rantanen who you know won't show up. Or MacK who may or may not compete depending on if the other team decides to check him for two consecutive games.

 

[Leafshater67]

This is incorrect

Please explain to me how the league terminating his contract for addiction will punish the Avs as a cap hit.

What could happen assuming he fails another test hasn’t happened in cap era and only happened once before with Brantt Myhres. It’s not comparable to the Mike Richards or Evander Kane situation (or Jake Dotchin etc) where the team terminated.

 

[Balthazar]

Please explain to me how the league terminating his contract for addiction will punish the Avs as a cap hit.

Please show us where it says in the CBA that entering phase 4 = league terminating his contract

 

[Leafshater67]

Please show us where it says in the CBA that entering phase 4 = league terminating his contract

its pretty clearly written in the part of a league ban. You think they just fire your ass but then continue to pay you 6m+ per year just because?

If you’re banned from the league after multiple suspensions, you don’t get to collect a contract. Ha

 

[Balthazar]

its pretty clearly written in the part of a lifetime ban. You think they just fire your ass but then continue to pay you 6m+ per year just because?

Please show us the part in the CBA where it says that phase 4 = lifetime ban then

 

[Hennessy]

This is sad.
Half of you are arguing CBA, the other debating ethics of drug use.
Nuke screwed the team.
Thrice.
I love the player.
I wish the addict well.
But I also want him off this team.

Full stop.
Nuke isn't an Av.
I don't care how.
He's gone.

 

[henchman21]

Please explain to me how the league terminating his contract for addiction will punish the Avs as a cap hit.

What could happen assuming he fails another test hasn’t happened in cap era and only happened once before with Brantt Myhres. It’s not comparable to the Mike Richards or Evander Kane situation (or Jake Dotchin etc) where the team terminated.

Stage 4 is not a ban. It is a 1 year suspension where reinstatement is not guaranteed. That does not mean outright ban or termination. If a player follows the program and is clean at the end, the NHLPA will fight for him to be reinstated and by the agreement, he should be.

 

[dahrougem2]

This is sad.
Half of you are arguing CBA, the other debating ethics of drug use.
Nuke screwed the team.
Thrice.
I love the player.
I wish the addict well.
But I also want him off this team.

Full stop.
Nuke isn't an Av.
I don't care how.
He's gone.

Is this a poem?

 

[Murzu]

Is this a poem?

It's a haiku and the moral of the story is

F*** Nichushkin

 

[expatriatedtexan]

So, w e know as long as Nuke is clean, he is guaranteed a chance to come back, which is why we have to have the cap space available to accommodate his removal from LTIR to active status. Things could turn out that the best option is to play him.

We all know that the next violation though does not include a guaranteed re-instatement but is there any information on what that process is and how hard teams can push the issue?

 

[kiwi51]

Any chance that they reduce the games missed?

 

[Pierce Hawthorne]

Any chance that they reduce the games missed?

0%

 

[henchman21]

0% assumes that Back to the Future wasn’t a documentary.

 

[Hornstar]

And despite that in the 8 games he played he was more effective than anyone else on the team.

Would you rather have Nuke who may not show up depending on whether he gets his hands on some powder. Or Rantanen who you know won't show up. Or MacK who may or may not compete depending on if the other team decides to check him for two consecutive games.

If only crack was legal…

 

[Grigowski]

So, w e know as long as Nuke is clean, he is guaranteed a chance to come back, which is why we have to have the cap space available to accommodate his removal from LTIR to active status. Things could turn out that the best option is to play him.

Do we?

I say it again: I dont give a shit what Cmac said in his presser.

 

[TruePowerSlave]

Bring back the cokehead

 

[UnkleKraker]

Just something I am pondering: Are the drug rules in pro sports horribly outdated?

 

[henchman21]

Just something I am pondering: Are the drug rules in pro sports horribly outdated?

Not really… most are VERY lax. The NHL doesn’t care until the program. Many guys test positive for recreational drugs and it simply doesn’t matter or get addressed until they are in the PAP.

 

[SB]

Not really… most are VERY lax. The NHL doesn’t care until the program. Many guys test positive for recreational drugs and it simply doesn’t matter or get addressed until they are in the PAP.

But if it is used as PED…

 

[henchman21]

But if it is used as PED…

The NHLPA specifically had cocaine carved out of the PED list. Many leagues around the world consider it a PED, but the NHL is not one of them. Players can hammer rails 5 minutes before games and it wouldn’t matter as a PED.

 

[expatriatedtexan]

The NHLPA specifically had cocaine carved out of the PED list. Many leagues around the world consider it a PED, but the NHL is not one of them. Players can hammer rails 5 minutes before games and it wouldn’t matter as a PED.

Man, I know this is true. And I know the entertainment/hollywood business is probably even more relaxed. But it absolutely boggles my mind that an entire industry can be so cavalier about drug usage.

 

[katfude]

Man, I know this is true. And I know the entertainment/hollywood business is probably even more relaxed. But it absolutely boggles my mind that an entire industry can be so cavalier about drug usage.

Wait until he finds out what happens at wall street offices