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News, Blog and GuidesThe Colorado Avalanche have secured the services of forward Valeri Nichuskin with an eight-year, $49 million contract ahead of unrestricted free agency.
Gidget AlikpalaG_AlikpalaUpdate: Jul 12th, 2022 13:52 EDT
The Colorado Avalanche are making sure that their championship-winning team remains largely intact. They re-signed forward Valeri Nichuskin to an eight-year, $49 million contract extension, shortly before he was to enter unrestricted free agency. This comes out to around $6.1 per year.
The Avalanche signed the new deal with Nichuskin right after a standout season during which he helped the team win their first Stanley Cup championship in 21 years. He recorded 25 goals and 52 points in the regular season, then topped off this performance with nine goals and 15 points in the postseason.
Eight more years of Val 🤝#GoAvsGo pic.twitter.com/8eIge2X1EM
— Colorado Avalanche (@Avalanche) July 11, 2022
Valeri Nichuskin: A turnaround performance
The 27-year-old has thrived with the team that signed him up in 2019 to a one-year, $850,000 agreement. It seemed a gamble at the time, with Nichuskin coming from a lackluster year with the Dallas Stars, where he scored zero goals and produced only 10 assists in more than 50 games.
His unremarkable numbers in the 2018-19 season resulted in the Stars buying out the rest of his contract. This marked the end of Nichuskin’s relationship with the organization that selected him tenth overall in the 2013 NHL Draft.
