So still nothing of substance really. Lines up with of the speculation floating around, but it’s still clear as mud. I’m ok with that. Let the man be. Let him take care of himself or whatever he needs to. I’ll be here when he gets back on the ice.
pdx4nhl
Obviously there is more to the story: woman under the influence (of drugs or alcohol) is taken to the hospital and Val goes home…or somewhere but it is not disciplinary or legal, things aren’t adding up. Or Bednar and the Avs are straight up lying, which I suppose is possible if they are still trying to work out how to move forward. If the Post has this, they’d obviously have an arrest record…so it does not seem like a legal issue. I suppose the team could be trying to figure out how to best handle some sort of misconduct issue so as to avoid the backlash the Blackhawks rightfully got during their Cup run.
If this has something to do with Val’s departure, it would definitely be disappointing if Val was partying that hard mid playoffs. Some organizations would be transparent now, or down the line…with the Avs, there’s a chance we will never know the actual story. Look how literally no one on the outside knew what was going on regarding Landy’s knee and how it was related to the skate blade injury.
RooseveltsRevenge
“Seattle Police Department spokesman said there is no criminal investigation stemming from the incident.”
Wkerscher
Interesting… I guess all we can really do it hope the best for him and hopefully his return sooner than later (if we even have later in the books).
ForeverJung
So many possibilities with these details. Just hope everyone’s okay and no one’s done anything tucked up
oaks03
Russian girl claiming “a bad man” was holding her passport from her and she shouldn’t have come to the United States? Sounds like he might have had a prostitute up in his room.
Obviously want nuke back, we need the experience and goals, and there’s not much detail to what happened, but it not a good look if someone without a passport that doesn’t want to be in the United States ends up in an alcohol-related emergency at the team hotel room. Waiting for some semblance of a factual account obviously, just sucks all around right now as a fan.
SnooPuppers5139
Wow, not an awesome look
elishaski
Val done fucked up.
sonnylarson
Remember when the team says “it’s not discipline related” the team could just straight up be lying…
Very odd to have a almost blackout women in your team hotel room at 3:20 in the afternoon. Many ways that could of happened, many ways that legally could have happened many ways that illegally could of happened
Also remember real stories take time to leak out, we probably won’t have the full story till like august
thibs69
please dont be something illegal, thats all my hope is at this point
quicksplit14
I respect the Denver post but why do this to the team the night before an elimination game?
ViolentGent33
So, reading between the lines here.
Val got into one. Might be a mental health problem. Might be taking a toll on his marriage and he has to figure this out, before returning to the team.
All in all I wish the best for him, I’m happy it’s not a legal situation, and I wish we could all respect his privacy now.
paperback-writers
Isn’t it always announced when someone goes into the player assistance program? I would think that that would have already happened in a situation like this. Unless Nuke doesn’t think he has a problem.
undockeddock
What a fuckin circus
McChickenTendy
This season is cursed. Really hope more details come out as it’s clear this is not just a “personal” incident
RoboNerdOK
I would hope that the league steps in here and makes sure that this isn’t a problem bigger than one player. Just to ease everyone’s minds if nothing else.
AltruisticEnd9
Ffs man
huskadeez
Bye.
upforlucy25
This situation sounds fubar. So much left to speculate on. Sounds like some kind of trafficking vibe imo. All in all, not a good look for for Val but who tf knows what’s really going on. Just hope we get some clarity in the next couple days.
Jonesyrules15
So if he ends up missing all these games because he had to go do damage control due to his infidelity that is really shitty.
I have to assume since no criminal stuff is going on that the bad person who took the passport is not Nuke so that’s good.
GaryOakRobotron
This season needs to be taken out behind the barn. How fucking cursed.
TheNeatureChannel
In my professional opinion… There’s something fucky here… I hope Val isn’t in a bad way but 3:20pm before the game??? Yea that’s got suspicious all over it…
fluffHead_0919
This sounds very bad.
oaks03
No wonder the boys look tired. Their wives are probably checking in on them all night to make sure they don’t have any “guests” up in their rooms.
InsectTop618
I can’t imagine how much this has been impacting the rest of the team
Hungry_Definition450
Time to shut this season down and regroup.
Team is an absolute mess with bad storylines and bad energy all around.
Raindrop_920
This is all so damn strange, feel like we are missing a few of the details still. To me, I can’t help but think that the team was misdirecting with the comments about “not disciplinary, not legal.” If this isn’t disciplinary, shouldn’t it be? If this is a trafficked prostitute, which i think we can read between the lines on, shouldn’t it be legal also? I dunno man.
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I guess it makes sense how mentally checked out the team looks.
Jabroni_Ruckus99
In Soviet Russia, hooker hit you!! What a country!
loldrisio
Quite frankly I think the specifics of the situation are largely irrelevant. At the end of the day, we’re not children and we can put two and two together. I’m willing to bet that Val’s reason for leaving was NOT him getting a family call right after a prostitute has to be given medical care.
You know what the effects of this are going to be? His teammates will be mocked and hounded for the big scoop on Val’s shenanigans. Landeskog held a press conference specifically to avoid inconveniencing his team with the constant questions surrounding him. Val decided to skip town during the playoffs so he wouldn’t be around when the police report inevitably got released.
Regardless if the woman was trafficked or not, Val was partying it up with some strange woman in his room with alcohol abounding instead of preparing for an important game.
Thegalaxykickerdum
at this point i just hope the avs can terminate his contract without penalty. i knew his and landys contracts were gonna age poorly but i had no idea it would be this poorly…
ChiefWatchesYouPee
Could you imagine if Val and Landy were both done after this season?
What would happen to their contracts and cap? I haven’t dove into contracts or salary cap yet
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So still nothing of substance really. Lines up with of the speculation floating around, but it’s still clear as mud. I’m ok with that. Let the man be. Let him take care of himself or whatever he needs to. I’ll be here when he gets back on the ice.
Obviously there is more to the story: woman under the influence (of drugs or alcohol) is taken to the hospital and Val goes home…or somewhere but it is not disciplinary or legal, things aren’t adding up. Or Bednar and the Avs are straight up lying, which I suppose is possible if they are still trying to work out how to move forward. If the Post has this, they’d obviously have an arrest record…so it does not seem like a legal issue. I suppose the team could be trying to figure out how to best handle some sort of misconduct issue so as to avoid the backlash the Blackhawks rightfully got during their Cup
run.
If this has something to do with Val’s departure, it would definitely be disappointing if Val was partying that hard mid playoffs. Some organizations would be transparent now, or down the line…with the Avs, there’s a chance we will never know the actual story. Look how literally no one on the outside knew what was going on regarding Landy’s knee and how it was related to the skate blade injury.
“Seattle Police Department spokesman said there is no criminal investigation stemming from the incident.”
Interesting… I guess all we can really do it hope the best for him and hopefully his return sooner than later (if we even have later in the books).
So many possibilities with these details. Just hope everyone’s okay and no one’s done anything tucked up
Russian girl claiming “a bad man” was holding her passport from her and she shouldn’t have come to the United States? Sounds like he might have had a prostitute up in his room.
This article has more details. The woman is not his wife. https://denversports.com/2104860/seattle-police-report-involving-valeri-nichushkin-leads-to-more-questions/
Obviously want nuke back, we need the experience and goals, and there’s not much detail to what happened, but it not a good look if someone without a passport that doesn’t want to be in the United States ends up in an alcohol-related emergency at the team hotel room. Waiting for some semblance of a factual account obviously, just sucks all around right now as a fan.
Wow, not an awesome look
Val done fucked up.
Remember when the team says “it’s not discipline related” the team could just straight up be lying…
Very odd to have a almost blackout women in your team hotel room at 3:20 in the afternoon. Many ways that could of happened, many ways that legally could have happened many ways that illegally could of happened
Also remember real stories take time to leak out, we probably won’t have the full story till like august
please dont be something illegal, thats all my hope is at this point
I respect the Denver post but why do this to the team the night before an elimination game?
So, reading between the lines here.
Val got into one. Might be a mental health problem. Might be taking a toll on his marriage and he has to figure this out, before returning to the team.
All in all I wish the best for him, I’m happy it’s not a legal situation, and I wish we could all respect his privacy now.
Isn’t it always announced when someone goes into the player assistance program? I would think that that would have already happened in a situation like this. Unless Nuke doesn’t think he has a problem.
What a fuckin circus
This season is cursed. Really hope more details come out as it’s clear this is not just a “personal” incident
I would hope that the league steps in here and makes sure that this isn’t a problem bigger than one player. Just to ease everyone’s minds if nothing else.
Ffs man
Bye.
This situation sounds fubar. So much left to speculate on. Sounds like some kind of trafficking vibe imo. All in all, not a good look for for Val but who tf knows what’s really going on. Just hope we get some clarity in the next couple days.
So if he ends up missing all these games because he had to go do damage control due to his infidelity that is really shitty.
I have to assume since no criminal stuff is going on that the bad person who took the passport is not Nuke so that’s good.
This season needs to be taken out behind the barn. How fucking cursed.
In my professional opinion… There’s something fucky here… I hope Val isn’t in a bad way but 3:20pm before the game??? Yea that’s got suspicious all over it…
This sounds very bad.
No wonder the boys look tired. Their wives are probably checking in on them all night to make sure they don’t have any “guests” up in their rooms.
I can’t imagine how much this has been impacting the rest of the team
Time to shut this season down and regroup.
Team is an absolute mess with bad storylines and bad energy all around.
This is all so damn strange, feel like we are missing a few of the details still. To me, I can’t help but think that the team was misdirecting with the comments about “not disciplinary, not legal.” If this isn’t disciplinary, shouldn’t it be? If this is a trafficked prostitute, which i think we can read between the lines on, shouldn’t it be legal also? I dunno man.
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I guess it makes sense how mentally checked out the team looks.
In Soviet Russia, hooker hit you!! What a country!
Quite frankly I think the specifics of the situation are largely irrelevant. At the end of the day, we’re not children and we can put two and two together. I’m willing to bet that Val’s reason for leaving was NOT him getting a family call right after a prostitute has to be given medical care.
You know what the effects of this are going to be? His teammates will be mocked and hounded for the big scoop on Val’s shenanigans. Landeskog held a press conference specifically to avoid inconveniencing his team with the constant questions surrounding him. Val decided to skip town during the playoffs so he wouldn’t be around when the police report inevitably got released.
Regardless if the woman was trafficked or not, Val was partying it up with some strange woman in his room with alcohol abounding instead of preparing for an important game.
at this point i just hope the avs can terminate his contract without penalty. i knew his and landys contracts were gonna age poorly but i had no idea it would be this poorly…
Could you imagine if Val and Landy were both done after this season?
What would happen to their contracts and cap? I haven’t dove into contracts or salary cap yet
God fucking damn it, Nuke