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

[AllAboutAvs]

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.

If you have a problem ignore it. It will go away.

 

[Murzu]

If you have a problem ignore it. It will go away.

Pathetic and sad.

 

[dahrougem2]

F*** Val Nichushkin

 

[Bender]

If you have a problem ignore it. It will go away.

 

[expatriatedtexan]

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

Wait a second, Nuke was never charged with anything, how the hell does he have a parole officer now?

 

[Bender]

Wait a second, Nuke was never charged with anything, how the hell does he have a parole officer now?

I think 'parole officer' is just a fancy word for 'pusher'...

 

[Alex Jones]

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.

Its possible that he knows he has a problem and does not give a shit. IDK if he saves his money or not...I mean probably not, but if he has a fair amount stacked he might just not care.

 

[Cypher]

Wait a second, Nuke was never charged with anything, how the hell does he have a parole officer now?

Never charged with anything, but I'm sure being in Stage 3 of the program he has to check-in with someone at the NHLPA, kinda like a parole officer.

 

[jfc64]

F*** Val Nichushkin

It gets LONELY!

 

[BrickNHL]

what sucks is that he can probably go the KHL and make good money there as well so the threat of losing his salary probably isn’t that huge of a deal for him since he clearly doesn’t give a f***

 

[lionsDen]

I usually don’t care about this stuff…. Still dont. It’ll work out how it’s supposed to

 

[RoyIsALegend]

I usually don’t care about this stuff…. Still dont. It’ll work out how it’s supposed to

I ate lasagna for dinner.

 

[Pokecheque]

what sucks is that he can probably go the KHL and make good money there as well so the threat of losing his salary probably isn’t that huge of a deal for him since he clearly doesn’t give a f***

I assume whatever he did to run himself out of the KHL is ancient history.

 

[Avs44]

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.

Maybe the NHL's drug testers came after him in Russia with one of their 60 f***ing tests and he's on the run -- in style (style, as in sporting a blue maternity dress).

 

[Grigowski]

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.

If his own business comes with 2 derailed playoff-runs for his teammates, he can f*** himself.

Just to make it clear.

 

[Ncit3]

If he's just been doing cocaine, it's pretty funny. Half the league is sniffing their paychecks up their nose.

 

[Bender]

I ate lasagna for dinner.

 

[NorthernAvsFan]

I don’t think he gives a damn about anyone but himself. I’ve yet to see anything to suggest otherwise.

We should stop putting him in projected lineups tbh.

 

[henchman21]

If he's just been doing cocaine, it's pretty funny. Half the league is sniffing their paychecks up their nose.

The problem is that he hasn't finished 2 straight playoff runs because of his love for the powder... and is frankly unlikely to finish next year's. Half the league isn't in that situation.

 

[The Abusement Park]

If he's just been doing cocaine, it's pretty funny. Half the league is sniffing their paychecks up their nose.

For sure. But majority of the league can at least make do without creating public issues while doing unlike Nuke .

 

[Pierce Hawthorne]

Quite frankly the difference between Val and a number of other guys is simply that the other guys didn't get caught.


Once you go through what Val did, there becomes a much closer eye on you. Obviously Val can't stay clean enough to keep out of trouble while more eyes are on him. Or he simply doesn't care, which quite frankly his summer behavior suggests may be the case.


It really would not surprise me if he doesn't come back in November, gives us a few really good months again, only to be suspended for a year come March or April month again. Only this time I'm not sure the league would allow him back.

In fact, this is the most likely scenario to me.

 

[henchman21]

It really would not surprise me if he doesn't come back in November, gives us a few really good months again, only to be suspended for a year come March or April month again. Only this time I'm not sure the league would allow him back.

In fact, this is the most likely scenario to me.

My expectation is if Nuke comes back, he'll be fantastic through the deadline. A week or two after, he get pinched and suspended for a whole year. Taking him out of the playoffs for a third year in a row, and then keeping the limbo going for 25-26.

 

[Chiarelli]

Positive test during the playoffs tells you everything you need to know - the dudes always high. He’s a high performance athlete that shit wouldn’t be in his system longer than ~48 hours

 

[NOTENOUGHRYJOTHINGS]

Quite frankly the difference between Val and a number of other guys is simply that the other guys didn't get caught.


Once you go through what Val did, there becomes a much closer eye on you. Obviously Val can't stay clean enough to keep out of trouble while more eyes are on him. Or he simply doesn't care, which quite frankly his summer behavior suggests may be the case.


It really would not surprise me if he doesn't come back in November, gives us a few really good months again, only to be suspended for a year come March or April month again. Only this time I'm not sure the league would allow him back.

In fact, this is the most likely scenario to me.

I guarantee a lot of nhlers are using PEDs but don't get caught. Nuke doing what he did while using performance lowering substances would be even more of a monster if he adopts the MacK diet and lifestyle.

 

[henchman21]

I guarantee a lot of nhlers are using PEDs but don't get caught. Nuke doing what he did while using performance lowering substances would be even more of a monster if he adopts the MacK diet and lifestyle.

Cocaine is WIDELY considered a PED amongst sporting authorities. The only reason it isn't by the NHL is the NHLPA specifically negotiated it out of the banned PED list.