08-19-2019, 04:16 PM
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First round-bust
Join Date: Feb 2015
Location: speculating about AHL players
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Avs sign Valeri Nichushkin (1 yr, $850k AAV)
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Last edited by TheScorpion; 08-19-2019 at 06:30 PM.
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08-19-2019, 04:22 PM
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Jul 2010
Location: Barthelona
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Tough to see any real downside for the Avs here.
The change of scenery may help him, and there's clearly a drive to be an NHLer; he could have gone back to the the KHL where he would presumably make more money.
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08-19-2019, 04:22 PM
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Crash and Bang Winger
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Damn. I would have loved the flames to have signed him for that deal. No risk huge upside. If there is any chance he can make it back to what he was it will pay off huge for Colorado.
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08-19-2019, 04:24 PM
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Franchise Player
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Good deal for the Avs. I would have loved to see the Flames take a chance on him.
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08-19-2019, 04:29 PM
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Taking a while to get to 5000
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The Avs will be a fun team to play as in NHL 20.
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08-19-2019, 04:37 PM
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Powerplay Quarterback
Join Date: Mar 2014
Location: MTL
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As a 2013 first rounder, I’m disappointed Tre didn’t grab him. 6/30 so far!
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08-19-2019, 04:38 PM
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Jan 2018
Location: Alberta
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Nichushkin is not a big add by any means, but this news just piles into the larger feeling I'm having that the flames main competitors have all made substantial improvements this offseason, while the flames have not.
Colorado looks like a much stronger team heading into next season. Vegas also looks potent. Canucks look better albeit still not great. Phoenix has improved.
The cali teams haven't made improvements but their players seem to ebb and flow much more often so we can't discount them.
The oilers are the only team that I can identify in our division that has had a "worse" off season than we have, and that worries me.
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08-19-2019, 04:40 PM
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Franchise Player
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Originally Posted by BigErnSalute_16
If there is any chance he can make it back to what he was....
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He never really has been much of an NHL'er.
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08-19-2019, 05:15 PM
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First round-bust
Join Date: Feb 2015
Location: speculating about AHL players
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This kinda reminds me of the Canucks signing Alexander Burmistrov in 2017
Doubt it works out any better
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Last edited by TheScorpion; 08-20-2019 at 03:52 PM.
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08-19-2019, 05:20 PM
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Lifetime Suspension
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Originally Posted by Funkhouser
As a 2013 first rounder, I’m disappointed Tre didn’t grab him. 6/30 so far!
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Seven!
Lord help you if you're forgetting Kerby Rychel.
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08-19-2019, 05:23 PM
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A Fiddler Crab
Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: Chicago
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Originally Posted by Monahammer
Nichushkin is not a big add by any means, but this news just piles into the larger feeling I'm having that the flames main competitors have all made substantial improvements this offseason, while the flames have not.
Colorado looks like a much stronger team heading into next season. Vegas also looks potent. Canucks look better albeit still not great. Phoenix has improved.
The cali teams haven't made improvements but their players seem to ebb and flow much more often so we can't discount them.
The oilers are the only team that I can identify in our division that has had a "worse" off season than we have, and that worries me.
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Eh, given the age of our team, we should anticipate improvements mostly coming from within. Hockey players, partcularly offensive players, peak between 22 and 26 years old. Offensively, the only serious contributors on our 2019-20 roster outside that window are Backlund and Frolik.
It's not as much fun when your team isn't making big siginings and so on, but I think the doom-and-gloom around the Flames offseason is massively overblown.
I predict Nichushkin has a similar season to 2018-19.
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08-19-2019, 05:23 PM
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Franchise Player
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Good gamble, no real risk. Amazing how far he has fallen since his draft hype though, lots of people though he should have been one of the top few picks.
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08-19-2019, 05:58 PM
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#13
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Franchise Player
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Low risk signing by the Aves. I still think Nichushkin can figure things out in the NHL. A fresh start with the Aves can be exactly what he needs.
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08-19-2019, 06:16 PM
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Franchise Player
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Zero goals last season...guy is not Ty Rattie
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08-19-2019, 06:54 PM
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Franchise Player
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Reminds me of when the Avs signed Yakupov, only worse
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08-19-2019, 07:09 PM
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Scoring Winger
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: everywhere like such as
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Originally Posted by dino7c
Zero goals last season...guy is not Ty Rattie
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He's a poor man's Tobias Reider...
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08-19-2019, 07:12 PM
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Jul 2005
Location: SW Ontario
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Originally Posted by agulati
Low risk signing by the Aves. I still think Nichushkin can figure things out in the NHL. A fresh start with the Aves can be exactly what he needs.
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I highly doubt it. The guy has had very talented players to play with and could do nothing. He looked worse than Yak in the NHL.
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08-19-2019, 07:19 PM
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Franchise Player
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Do the avs even have room for another forward.
I am growing a healthy dislike for that team. Lucky bastards....
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08-19-2019, 08:31 PM
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Franchise Player
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Originally Posted by bubbsy
Do the avs even have room for another forward.
I am growing a healthy dislike for that team. Lucky bastards....
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this is exactly the point...guy isn't useful in the bottom six and not good enough for top six. Its really a pointless signing IMO.
No risk sure but...surprised its not a PTO
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08-19-2019, 10:06 PM
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Mar 2012
Location: Calgary
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Originally Posted by HockeyPuck
He's a poor man's Tobias Reider...
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May be he'll score 5....
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