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

[Pierce Hawthorne]

Rehabbing at birthday parties dressed as…?

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Now he's in Italy!

This dude hasn't spent a f***ing second in rehab guaranteed.


I'd bet money the Avs are just waiting for him to fail his next test again.

 

[Mighty Makar]

Nuke doesn’t give a f***.

 

[nightonthesun]

You guys think the player assistance program’s equivalent of rehab is anything like being cooped up at some facility like the rest of us normies? Get real.

I don’t care what he’s doing as long as he doesn’t fail a drug test during the playoffs again. The quality of his life, his wellness, his family - that’s important, but his own business.

 

[expatriatedtexan]

I'm wondering why CMac doesn't reach out to TMZ to get one of their dudes to just follow Nuke for a couple of weeks taking pictures. Seems like it would be the quickest way to bring this to a head.

 

[S E P H]

Rehabbing at birthday parties dressed as…?

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[S E P H]

Now he's in Italy!

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This dude hasn't spent a f***ing second in rehab guaranteed.


I'd bet money the Avs are just waiting for him to fail his next test again.

What is the over or under that those are ethanol bottles next to the S. Pellegrino?

 

[henchman21]

He’s taking full advantage of the fact that the whole NHL only gets 60 offseason drug tests.

 

[RoyIsALegend]

I'm wondering why CMac doesn't reach out to TMZ to get one of their dudes to just follow Nuke for a couple of weeks taking pictures. Seems like it would be the quickest way to bring this to a head.

Kroenke isn’t approving that expense.

 

[expatriatedtexan]

He’s taking full advantage of the fact that the whole NHL only gets 60 offseason drug tests.

Freakin' league should give all 60 to Nuke. Every other day until he's begging to be released from his contract.

 

[AvsMakar08]

The photo of him with the AK is such a Chelyabinsk man photo

Mangy it's a totally different culture in Russia then here. Val's friends who are probably not hockey players had to join the army and serve their time. Every man had to go in service for certain amount of months. After being sent back home they probably let them have those guns or AK-47's and bring them home. They even gave things like gas masks for him and his family members just in case and encouraged to go to a shooting range to practice firing the guns just in case a war brakes out and someone tries to invade them.

 

[LOFIN]

I'm wondering why CMac doesn't reach out to TMZ to get one of their dudes to just follow Nuke for a couple of weeks taking pictures. Seems like it would be the quickest way to bring this to a head.

Unfortunately, the geopolitical circumstances are not really favourable for that sort of stuff. You might quickly find yourself in trial for 10 years in Russian prison as an enemy of the state.

 

[LOFIN]

Mangy it's a totally different culture in Russian then here. Val's friends who are probably not hockey players had to join the army and serve their time. Every man had to go in service for certain amount of months. After being sent back home they probably let them have those guns or AK-47's and bring them home. They even gave things like gas masks for him and his family members just in case and encouraged to go to a shooting range to practice firing the guns just in case a war brakes out and someone tries to invade them.

That's 100% what doesn't happen. Russia actually has a fairly strict gun control, because why would you want to give them citizens guns in a totalitarian state? You can have firearms, but it seems like a tedious process compared to most of Europe, which Americans seem to think as "gun free". But the gun Val has, is probably just a civilian Saiga.

The bolded part made me laugh. Russia doesn't get invaded. They mainly invade other people. They don't train to defend their motherland, they train to enslave other people.

 

[expatriatedtexan]

That's 100% what doesn't happen. Russia actually has a fairly strict gun control, because why would you want to give them citizens guns in a totalitarian state? You can have firearms, but it seems like a tedious process compared to most of Europe, which Americans seem to think as "gun free". But the gun Val has, is probably just a civilian Saiga.

The bolded part made me laugh. Russia doesn't get invaded. They mainly invade other people. They don't train to defend their motherland, they train to enslave other people.

Other than by Hitler in the 20th century, Napoleon in the 19th century and Charles XII in the 18th century.

I'm thinking they are about due.

 

[RoyIsALegend]

Mangy it's a totally different culture in Russia then here. Val's friends who are probably not hockey players had to join the army and serve their time. Every man had to go in service for certain amount of months. After being sent back home they probably let them have those guns or AK-47's and bring them home. They even gave things like gas masks for him and his family members just in case and encouraged to go to a shooting range to practice firing the guns just in case a war brakes out and someone tries to invade them.

 

[henchman21]

The bolded part made me laugh. Russia doesn't get invaded. They mainly invade other people. They don't train to defend their motherland, they train to enslave other people.

This is where our Finnish friends chime in.

 

[Balthazar]

You'd be a fool to believe that:

1) Nuke thinks he has a problem
and
2) Nuke is going to fix an issue that he doesn't even believe he has

He never asked for help, he was forced into the program because the team needed to save face. He's only the victim of being tested by the PAP. To him it's just bad luck.

 

[Sea Eagles]

Val knows one more f*** up and his career in the NHL could be over. I have a feeling, he’s gonna come back and be good from now on for the Avs

Spot on mate. He'll come back focused. He's also back sooner than people think. Seems like people think they just "know" him in thread.

I don't of course either, but I'm willing to back any human when it comes to redemption..

 

[BrickNHL]

@Avs_19 why is Nuke dressed like a white person going to a jago party?

 

[LOFIN]

You'd be a fool to believe that:

1) Nuke thinks he has a problem
and
2) Nuke is going to fix an issue that he doesn't even believe he has

He never asked for help, he was forced into the program because the team needed to save face. He's only the victim of being tested by the PAP. To him it's just bad luck.

Sure, but he also has to play along to get his money. Money is a hell of a motivator for change. Not saying I believe it will happen.

 

[Avs_19]

@Avs_19 why is Nuke dressed like a white person going to a jago party?

LOL. Who knows man but that's 100% accurate. I wore a navy blue kurta with a similar collar to that at my cousin's jago last June.

 

[Murzu]

He’s taking full advantage of the fact that the whole NHL only gets 60 offseason drug tests.

Wtf is this. Does that include tests for doping?

 

[Murzu]

This is where our Finnish friends chime in.

Thankfully they're not so great at invading.

 

[Cypher]

Now he's in Italy!

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This dude hasn't spent a f***ing second in rehab guaranteed.


I'd bet money the Avs are just waiting for him to fail his next test again.

Are any of these bottles alcohol? That's all the evidence we need to send to his parole officer.

 

[henchman21]

Wtf is this. Does that include tests for doping?

Yes… 60 tests. For the whole league. The whole offseason. Insanity.

 

[Murzu]

Yes… 60 tests. For the whole league. The whole offseason. Insanity.

Makes me a little sad - this is the league we follow passionately and this is how they run things. The reality seems to be that the league doesn't want any trouble. Close your eyes and everything is fine.