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Let’s talk about Colorado Avalanche forward Valeri Nichushkin, and how he’s been linked to the Toronto Maple Leafs, pending a departure from the Avs in free agency.
Also, this video was pre-scheduled to being uploaded the night of July 3rd, 2022, so if Nichushkin signs a contract between now and the time of this video’s uploading, then please don’t get mad at me.
The Fourth Period: https://www.thefourthperiod.com/top-30-ufas-2022
32 Thoughts: https://www.sportsnet.ca/nhl/article/32-thoughts-whats-up-with-every-team-heading-into-the-nhl-draft/
This video is taking place a year after the 2021 NHL Entry Draft, and after the 2022 Stanley Cup Playoffs.
The 2021 NHL Draft 1st Round went as follows:
1st) Buffalo Sabres, Owen Power
2nd) Seattle Kraken, Matty Beniers
3rd) Anaheim Ducks, Mason McTavish
4th) New Jersey Devils, Luke Hughes
5th) Columbus Blue Jackets, Kent Johnson
6th) Detroit Red Wings, Simon Edvinsson
7th) San Jose Sharks, William Eklund
8th) Los Angeles Kings, Brandt Clarke
9th) Arizona Coyotes (from Vancouver Canucks), Dylan Guenther
10th) Ottawa Senators, Tyler Boucher
11th) Arizona Coyotes, FORFEITED
12th) Columbus Blue Jackets (from Chicago Blackhawks), Cole Sillinger
13th) Calgary Flames, Matthew Coronato
14th) Buffalo Sabres (from Philadelphia Flyers), Isak Rosén
15th) Detroit Red Wings (from Dallas Stars), Sebastian Cossa
16th) New York Rangers, Brennan Othmann
17th) St. Louis Blues, Zachary Bolduc
18th) Winnipeg Jets, Chaz Lucius
19th) Nashville Predators, Fedor Svechkov
20th) Minnesota Wild (from Edmonton Oilers), Jesper Wallstedt
21st) Boston Bruins, Fabian Lysell
22nd) Edmonton Oilers (from Minnesota Wild), Xavier Bourgault
23rd) Dallas Stars (from Washington Capitals via Detroit Red Wings), Wyatt Johnson
24th) Florida Panthers, Mackie Samoskevich
25th) Columbus Blue Jackets (from Toronto Maple Leafs), Corson Ceulemans
26th) Minnesota Wild (from Pittsburgh Penguins), Carson Lambos
27th) Nashville Predators (from Carolina Hurricanes), Zachary L’Heureux
28th) Colorado Avalanche, Oskar Olausson
29th) New Jersey Devils (from New York Islanders), Chase Stillman
30th) Vegas Golden Knights, Zach Dean
31st) Montreal Canadiens, Logan Mailloux
32nd) Chicago Blackhawks (from Tampa Bay Lightning via Columbus Blue Jackets), Nolan Allan
This video is also taking place after 2022 NHL Season, and after the 2022 Stanley Cup Playoffs, where the Colorado Avalanche defeated the Tampa Bay Lightning in the Finals.
Valeri Nichushkin was one of the top NHL prospects at the 2013 NHL Entry Draft.
The 2013 NHL Entry Draft saw many top NHL prospects get selected by a variety of teams. The first round of the draft went as follows:
1st – Colorado Avalanche, Nathan MacKinnon
2nd – Florida Panthers, Aleksander Barkov
3rd – Tampa Bay Lightning, Jonathan Drouin
4th – Nashville Predators, Seth Jones
5th – Carolina Hurricanes, Elias Lindholm
6th – Calgary Flames, Sean Monahan
7th – Edmonton Oilers, Darnell Nurse
8th – Buffalo Sabres, Rasmus Ristolainen
9th – Vancouver Canucks (from New Jersey Devils), Bo Horvat
10th – Dallas Stars, Valeri Nichushkin
11th – Philadelphia flyers, Samuel Morin
12th – Phoenix Coyotes, Max Domi
13th – Winnipeg Jets, Josh Morrissey
14th – Columbus Blue Jackets, Alexander Wennberg
15th – New York Islanders, Ryan Pulock
16th – Buffalo Sabres (from Minnesota Wild), Nikita Zadorov
17th – Ottawa Senators, Curtis Lazar
18th – San Jose Sharks (from Detroit Red Wings), Mirco Mueller
19th – Columbus Blue Jackets (from New York Rangers), Kerby Rychel
20th – Detroit Red Wings (from San Jose Sharks), Anthony Mantha
21st – Toronto Maple Leafs, Frederik Gauthier
22nd – Calgary Flames (from St. Louis Blues), Emile Poirier
23rd – Washington Capitals, Andre Burakovsky
24th – Vancouver Canucks, Hunter Shinkaruk
25th – Montreal Canadiens, Michael McCarron
26th – Anaheim Ducks, Shea Theodore
27th – Columbus Blue Jackets (from Los Angeles Kings), Marko Dano
28th – Calgary Flames (from Pittsburgh Penguins), Morgan Klimchuk
29th – Dallas Stars (from Boston Bruins), Jason Dickinson
30th – Chicago Blackhawks, Ryan Hartman
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40 Comments
Yeah good luck with that lol
If the Avs can't afford him, how will Toronto? I guess it's possible but I just don't know that Toronto would be the destination outside Colorado if the Avs can't re-sign him
Dubas is a garbage Gm
ganna demand a pay day? don't think Toronto is in a position to doll out a 'payday'. the 4th period that also has Avs linked to Malkin, Giroux, and oh every other one of there unrestricted free agents.
Leafs fans are adorable
So far this off season everybody has been rumoured to be on the trading block!
Leafs will sign him to 7 year deal for 70 mill
They need to sign domi
wood be good but they would have to trade the farm ..
"linked to the leafs" aka toronto media wanting him on the team lol. so I guess nylander is getting traded?
Ryan Mc Donagh will be traded! 100 %…
look, even if toronto somehow passes the first round, they wont win a cup, 2 reasons, the fact that it's toronto and also gary bettman. go habs go
I’ve been told the Leafs are also interested in Cale Makar, Connor McDavid, and Andrei Vasilevskiy
Bolts sign Nichushkin if Palat walks?
Canucks fan here, I promise this doesn't happen lol. If they can't afford Mikheyev, how can they afford a more expensive nichushkin? Lmao the internet is stupid sometimes.
Nuke isn't likely to leave the Avs. As Friedman pointed out during or immediately after the Finals, he above almost any other player in the league knows the value of fitting into the team that you're playing for after his Dallas fiasco, and he is an absolutely perfect fit in Colorado. He is also likely to be Sakic's biggest priority signing this off season, so I bet it will be done in fairly short order. I would not be surprised to see the Avs use that 8th year available to them as an enticement and to lower the AAV a little bit.
Uhm idk….
I hate click bait titles
This is not worth a video
Toronto trade
This is just Leafs nonsense. There’s nothing the Leafs can pay Val that the Avs wouldn’t. He’s Sakic’s priority number 1 and the Avs have a way better cap situation than the Leafs as it is. If he leaves Colorado. It’ll be for a real pay day on a mediocre team. Think 7-8m plus with term.
What potential UFA or trade target isn't rumored to be headed to a Canadian team?
I would absolutely love him in Toronto… if we weren’t strapped for cap.
All of these reports about the leafs going for a big fish in free agency are really funny as a leafs fan ngl.
I would love if the Wild could trade Greenway and sign Nichushkin. Imagine having 3 high end defensive forwards on the same line in Foligno, Eriksson Ek, Nichushkin as well as improving offensively from Greenway to Nichushkin.
nah joe wont let chu go
Pretty all stock grown if you are Avs FA players. Hard to believe that leafs can on match Avs when they can't even sign Campbell. Avs got their core lock up, Eric Johnston $6m comes off the books to accombinate MacKinnon. Good click bate title thou. I bit. Kadri played himself Colorado, so 4.5 to 5.5m maybe earmarked for Nuke, Lemhky is RFA, Mason should be must. One card is Girard, nice price tag of 5m for smooth puck handle defense, which the Avs can afford to trade to add pieces in to fill out the team. Burky maybe a different option and many quality players may take pay cut in a chance to win a Cup, that's what winning will do for you, but finding the right pieces fit is key
Click bait much
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no. please no
There is zero doubt Nicushkin would be a really good fit for the leafs. unfortuntely they just wont get him and thats for MANY reasons
1. Being the Cap space they have. Nicushkin is going to have almost every team in the league interested in his services and how much he wants. He will be paid, I expect Nic to get in the 6-6.5M range on a decent term. in the 5 year range. The Leafs just dont have an extra 6M, Unless they decide to trade Nylander and replace him withNic this cant happen.
2. Dubas' core is set. Dubas has made it clear, This core is the hill hes going to die on. Therefor Matthews, Marner, Nylander, Reilly, Tavares are all locks. when filling out the roster Toronto cant afford to pay players who have JUST broke out , they need to find players to fill out their roster with players who are CLOSE to breaking out so they can get a guy like Nicushkin for 2.5M instead of now at 6-6.5M. Like a Bunting, these are the guys toronto targets now, the guys that havent quite broken out yet but are due.
3. Nicushkin isnt from Toronto. Hes already won a cup. He isnt going to take a hometown discount to come to toronto.
4. He hasnt made a ton of money in his career. He has yet to break the 3M mark with any contract he has signed. Being 27 already have won a cup. I look to this contract to be alot more about the money then it would be anything else.
Therefor I see him signing in places like Florida,San Jose, New Jersey those are my 3 teams he goes to if he doesnt resign. I dont see any other team being a fit as 1. being able to give him the money, not being a fit or having no or low tax market. I see New Jersey or Florida though as the two main teams it comes down to
He is exactly what Leafs need…. but my feeling is that he is not going anywhere. But I hope I am wrong.
I think Max Domi and Jacob Cychurn would would be a good fit for the leafs, but I also find the Tavares is not worth the money and his not Captain material, nor is he worth all that bonus money. If the Leafs really wanted to free up cap space, trade out or buy out Tavares (they have the money in their piggy bank), trade Mrazek, the rights to Kase, trade Kerfoot. Time to bring up the hungry young talent like Abruzzese, Robertson, Douglas and Holmberg. Get Husso or Vanecek or Samsonov. These goaltenders have great potential to be #1 starters. On Defense I would trade out both Brodie & Muzzin. Bring up a fresh talent and resign Sandin & Lyubushkin. Goodbye Soup, Mikheyev, Kase, Blackwell, sorry but these UFAs are easy to replace.
You don’t have any defence and you don’t have a jail. And, before you try it, let me tell you, it’s not going to work.
Nope. Avs working as I send this on re-signing nuke and kuemper. 😉
This is why everyone hates the leafs. You all need to draft and develop your own players and win that way. There is a salary cap you know
..Leafs have little cap space…picks and prospects wasted on bodies no longer around….other Canadian teams will improve putting playoff pressure on T.O……
There is no way the Buds can acquire anyone of significance without trading one or two or three of significance.48 million committed to 5 players,no starting goaltender signed worth a damn.They are in cap Hell.
I think you see Kuemper hit the market before Nuke unless Nuke is seeking something insane. I think Joe gets it done something like 5.5×5.
Well what do you know, another player that deserves to be on the makemelaughs…ffs man 🤦♂️🤣
Val Nichushkin signs 8 yr deal with Colorado on 7/11/22….