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

[Murzu]

Don't make me go through the 85 pages here and find you the 50 or so quotes saying they wished for that or expected him to do it.

Wishing for that and expecting him to do that are two very different things.

 

[RoyIsALegend]

Don't make me go through the 85 pages here and find you the 50 or so quotes saying they wished for that or expected him to do it.

Okay, badass.

Many wished he would never come back. There’s a big difference between wishing it and expecting it to happen.

People wished for him never to return because he’s screwed us in back-to-back playoffs and is likely to do it again.

I really don’t think anybody expected him to just walk away from over $30m remaining on his contract. The Avs would have to find a way to terminate the contract. Nuke was never going to just give up that kind of money.

 

[Balthazar]

Okay, badass.

Many wished he would never come back. There’s a big difference between wishing it and expecting it to happen.

People wished for him never to return because he’s screwed us in back-to-back playoffs and is likely to do it again.

I really don’t think anybody expected him to just walk away from over $30m remaining on his contract. The Avs would have to find a way to terminate the contract. Nuke was never going to just give up that kind of money.

Reminds me of some casual Montreal fans on the radio here who were upset that "greedy" Carey Price wouldn't retire instead of going on LTIR if he wasn't planning to play again. He was owed like 50M on a guaranteed contract, he wasn't going to just walk away.

We heard similar things here with Landy, too.

 

[Arch angel]

Drouin - MacKinnon - Rantanen
Lehkonen - Mittelstadt - Nichushkin
Kovalenko - Colton - O’Connor
Wood - Kelly - Kiviranta

A month away from this… let’s just hope we can stay somewhat competitive until then.

If we get super lucky and everyone comes back and stays healthy - where does Landeskog fit in here? Like, anywhere he wants, or do you start slow with PP time ? Honestly is unclear to me if we somehow get all these dudes back. Nuke did have the ability to steal games when he kept his ... nose clean.

 

[forsbergavs32]

If we get super lucky and everyone comes back and stays healthy - where does Landeskog fit in here? Like, anywhere he wants, or do you start slow with PP time ? Honestly is unclear to me if we somehow get all these dudes back. Nuke did have the ability to steal games when he kept his ... nose clean.

In the odd event this team is ever 100% healthy (I might hit the lottery before that happens), I’d start Lando out slow on the 3rd line and you can move someone up if he needs less minutes at some point.

Drouin - Mack - Mikko
Lehk - Mitts - Nuke
Lando - Colton - LOC
Wood - Kelly/Ivan - Kovy
Kivi

You should be able to roll 4 lines, then Kovy or Wood can move up a spot if needed.

PP1:

Mack - Mikko - Lando - Mitts - Cale
Colton - Lehk - Nuke - Drouin - Malinski

 

[RECKLESS]

What even happened to the Russian docuseries about Val?

In a bizarre accident, it fell from a window and died.