I can’t imagine you’ll play for the Avs again. You ended this playoffs leading in Goals without giving yourself the chance to finish that way. First career hat trick in these playoffs as well, in a game you carried us.
You were a beast in the Cup run. Playing on a broken foot. Forechecking like a rabid, Russian animal.
Ill always remember those moments and what ponder what could have been. Take care of yourself for your little girl.
Good Luck.
by SinfulSunday
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Terminate contract
Hey nuke. Thanks for fucking over your entire team/ family away from family TWO YEARS IN A ROW!!! Good riddance
I feel bad for this guy, clearly fighting demons. On top of that you have an entitled fan base scrutinizing your every move after he most likely got this addition to cope with the stress and injuries of being a professional athlete. Am I upset? Of course. I just hope he can live happily and find peace.
What. A. Fucking. Monday.
Let’s Go Avs. Only forward. 2-2!!!
Drugs are bad, m’kay.
I hope he gets the help he needs. And that goes for anybody fighting addiction on here as well.
fucking Russians, man…
I feel bad for the teammates that he let down.
Incredible player
To do this TWICE in the most important part of the season…Just F you Val.
I said this on a different post but I think it’s important to reiterate. I’ve been an alcoholic, I’m a behavioral health specialist, and quitting anything is horrible. Especially when the stimulus that reminds you of using keeps coming up.
He needs community. Good guys to help him reach his goals to freedom of whatever he’s ensnared to. Good people that don’t understand where he’s coming from, but do their best to love him despite his history. If the community in the locker room doesnt hold him, or doesnt know how to hold him, to achieving those goals then he needs to find somewhere that will. I wouldn’t be surprised if he leaves out of a sense of duty to himself and his family.
I know he didn’t pick this timing. We love our players to pieces and wish he could find a way here. But the business end of the NHL will always be business. I can’t imagine he’ll stay. Regardless, I hope our choo choo finds his way back to the track. He deserves it.
no tip of the cap. give him the boot. he got paid that was the tip. he fucked up and fucked up again this is x3
Avs bent over backward to bring him into the fold. We took a chance and another and it didn’t work. We tried our best from what I’ve seen. He certainly helped us in our 2022 run, but this is the end of the line.
Some of you need to log off and touch grass. He helped us win a cup, he’s going through some shit, and he’s probably played his last game for us. Relax.
The entitlement here is pathetic.
The heart of this teams forecheck was torn out with the Val news, and with no Gabe to steady the ship, unless the other top guys go Super Saiyan. This series is over
This season ended the moment the news broke.
The team looks like they agree based on another piss poor showing tonight. Smh. So disappointing
Missing Kadri right now.
I know we should feel compassion. But I can’t feel anything but anger. He’s derailed 2 playoff runs in a row.
nah fuck that. Two years in a row he has split when it counts. I hope he gets the help he needs as a human, but as a player absolutely fuck him for splitting on us twice when it counted.
Hope he never dresses for us again. Should have done this last year after Seattle, which was a much worse situation than this one. Team swept it under the rug and is one of the low lights of this organization.
No cap shall be tipped.
Too soon to feel bad for him. He had choices. Including turning himself
Back in before the playoffs. Saying he needed help. I trusted that he wouldn’t fuck over his bros in the playoffs again. I’m just angry right now.
Yep time to cut the man. So god damn sad cuz he’s an amazing player on his day but Jesus fucking Christ dog. Get your shit together bud
I’ve been at work, what happened?
Feel bad for you avs fans. Hope he gets well but I would assume the khl is in his near future
Hanging out too much with Kuzzy
Time to cut our losses
It’s demoralizing that he’s gone again but he’s not the issue… he had 9 goals in 8 games. The Avs have too many injuries and holes to fill. They’re the only Cup Champs in the past 4 years that haven’t exploited LTIR. The boys have been playing with no leader for 2 years. And Bednar is getting completely out coached in this series. Makar/Mackinnon/Rantanen being shut down like this is a masterclass by DeBoer and Bednar has no answer. Georgiev stood on his head tonight. It’s unfortunate that Nuke is going through some shit, but this ain’t his fault
One player doesn’t ruin a team. You all need to get a fucking clue.
I swear Avs fans are a mix of donkey brains and nostalgia from that one time in high school.
Anyone who has had a loved one who suffers from addiction knows exactly the level of disappointment his teammates are feeling rn. It seems like addicts somehow manage to inflict maximum pain on their loved ones during the most important times.
I hope he gets help. I hope he can turn it around, and I hope he can get a fresh start outside of Colorado. The trust he’s lost from his teammates is likely unrecoverable. Best of luck Val. I’ll be rooting for you.
So sad because the guy is an amazing hockey player. Sucks that even though he has some of the best support systems available to him he still shoots himself and his teammates in the foot. Just an overall tragedy. Farewell Val, I hope we never see you in an Avs sweater again.
I wish him the best, but I’d be shocked to see him in the NHL again. It’s borderline tragic for it to end this way.
Gosh what a shitty situation. Dude was on a tear this off season, and his teammates could’ve really used him. Hope he gets the help he needs.
A little off topic but him being suspended does that count towards the cap still, or does it work like LTIR?