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Valeri Nichushkin

#13

age30

posRW

shotl

h6'4"

w209lbs

Depth Chart RW2

Buyout Cap Relief

Current Contract

Cap Hit

$6,125,000$6.13M

Year 4 of 8

22/23

25/26

29/30

Expiry Status

UFA 2030 age 35

Profile

Draft Team

Round1

Pick10

Year2013

Agent Mark Gandler & Todd Diamond

Birthdate Mar 4, 1995

Birthplace Chelyabinsk

Nationality Russia

Stick Bauer Nexus Tracer

UFA Year 2022

ELC Year 23

Waivers Eligibility Eligible

Est Career Earnings $36.69M

Regular Season

GP13

PPG0.69

PIM2

5x5 TOI/GP 13:04

PP TOI/GP 2:27

PK TOI/GP 1:57

G60 1.15

P60 1.53

GF% 58.3

xGF% 57.0

RELxGF% -2.1

CF% 58.0

REL CF% 2.2

Pen Diff -3

NHL Career Stats (Regular Season)

GP568

G142

A175

P317

NHL POINTS PER GAME 0.56

NHL GOALS PER GAME 0.25

Career Statline Details

2022-2030 Standard Contract

term8yrs

value$49,000,000$49.00M

cap hit$6,125,000$6.13M

Valeri Nichushkin is signed to a 8 year, $49,000,000 contract with a cap hit of $6,125,000 per season, playing for the Colorado Avalanche. His contract expires at the end of the 2029-30 season, making Nichushkin an Unrestricted Free Agent.

Signed On Jul 11 2022

Signing Agent Mark Gandler & Todd Diamond

Signed By

Signing GM Chris MacFarland

% Cap Contract Start 7.42%

Signing Status UFAage 27

Abbreviated $Amounts

	2022-23	2023-24	2024-25	2025-26	2026-27	2027-28	2028-29	2029-30	2030
Cap Hit	$6,125,000$6.13M	$6,125,000$6.13M	$6,125,000$6.13M	$6,125,000$6.13M	$6,125,000$6.13M	$6,125,000$6.13M	$6,125,000$6.13M	$6,125,000$6.13M	UFAage 35
AAV	$6,125,000$6.13M	$6,125,000$6.13M	$6,125,000$6.13M	$6,125,000$6.13M	$6,125,000$6.13M	$6,125,000$6.13M	$6,125,000$6.13M	$6,125,000$6.13M
Base	$6,000,000$6.00M	$7,500,000$7.50M	$8,000,000$8.00M	$7,300,000$7.30M	$4,800,000$4.80M	$4,800,000$4.80M	$2,800,000$2.80M	$2,800,000$2.80M
Performance Bonuses	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Signing Bonuses	-	-	-	-	$1,000,000$1.00M	-	$2,000,000$2.00M	$2,000,000$2.00M
Total Salary	$6,000,000$6.00M	$7,500,000$7.50M	$8,000,000$8.00M	$7,300,000$7.30M	$5,800,000$5.80M	$4,800,000$4.80M	$4,800,000$4.80M	$4,800,000$4.80M
Minors Salary	$6,000,000$6.00M	$7,500,000$7.50M	$8,000,000$8.00M	$7,300,000$7.30M	$5,800,000$5.80M	$4,800,000$4.80M	$4,800,000$4.80M	$4,800,000$4.80M
Clauses	NMC	NMC	NMC	M-NTC	M-NTC	M-NTC	M-NTC	M-NTC
Year Type	UFA	UFA	UFA	UFA	UFA	UFA	UFA	UFA
UFA Year
Buy Out					Buy Out	Buy Out	Buy Out	Buy Out

Notes

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Career Stats By Contract

Regular Season

GP13

PPG0.69

PIM2

5x5 TOI/GP 13:04

PP TOI/GP 2:27

PK TOI/GP 1:57

G60 1.15

P60 1.53

GF% 58.3

xGF% 57.0

RELxGF% -2.1

CF% 58.0

REL CF% 2.2

Pen Diff -3

NHL Career Stats (Regular Season)

GP568

G142

A175

P317

NHL POINTS PER GAME 0.56

NHL GOALS PER GAME 0.25

Career Statline Details

NHL Only

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Season	Age	Cap Hit	League	Team	GP	G	A	TP	PIM	GF%	xGF%	RelxGF%	CF%	RelCF%	G60	P60	Pen Dif	TOI 5v5/GP	TOI PP/GP	TOI PK/GP	Playoffs	GP	G	A	TP	PIM
2025-26	30	$6,125,000 $6.13M	NHL	Colorado Avalanche	13	5	4	9	2	58.3	57.0	-2.1	58.0	2.2	1.15	1.53	-3	13:04	2:27	1:57
2024-25	29	$6,125,000 $6.13M	NHL	Colorado Avalanche	43	21	13	34	8	57.9	48.0	-6.8	54.0	1.2	1.07	1.85	0	14:18	2:59	1:16	Playoffs	7	3	1	4	0
2023-24	28	$6,125,000 $6.13M	NHL	Colorado Avalanche	54	28	25	53	22	52.5	53.0	1.4	56.0	2.7	0.67	1.78	-1	15:00	3:43	1:45	Playoffs	8	9	1	10	0
2022-23	27	$6,125,000 $6.13M	NHL	Colorado Avalanche	53	17	30	47	2	60.3	52.0	-1.1	54.0	1.5	0.40	1.90	-10	14:19	3:23	1:47	Playoffs	2	1	0	1	0
2021-22	26	$2,500,000 $2.50M	NHL	Colorado Avalanche	62	25	27	52	14	60.9	57.0	6.5	59.0	7.6	1.02	2.46	-6	14:10	2:15	1:40	Playoffs	20	9	6	15	0
2020-21	25	$2,500,000 $2.50M	NHL	Colorado Avalanche	55	10	11	21	4	55.3	64.0	4.9	61.0	2.7	0.67	1.53	-7	11:24	0:53	1:25	Playoffs	10	1	2	3	0
2019-20	24	$850,000 $850K	NHL	Colorado Avalanche	65	13	14	27	14	71.2	58.0	9.8	56.0	5.5	0.95	1.89	-6	11:42	1:29	0:34	Playoffs	15	2	1	3	0
2018-19	23	$2,950,000 $2.95M	NHL	Dallas Stars	57	0	10	10	0	42.9	51.0	0.2	49.0	1.2	0.00	0.86	-11	11:04	0:21	0:18	Playoffs	1	0	0	0	0
2017-18	22		KHL	CSKA Moskva	50	16	11	27	14												Playoffs	19	3	6	9	0
2017-18	22		International	Russia (all)	4	1	0	1	2
2017-18	22		EHT	Russia	5	2	0	2	2
2016-17	21		WC	Russia	6	0	3	3	0
2016-17	21		KHL	CSKA Moskva	36	11	13	24	9												Playoffs	9	1	4	5	0
2016-17	21		International	Russia (all)	15	1	7	8	0
2016-17	21		EHT	Russia	9	1	4	5	0
2015-16	20		NHL	Dallas Stars	79	9	20	29	12												Playoffs	10	0	1	1	0
2014-15	19		NHL	Dallas Stars	8	0	1	1	2
2014-15	19		International	Russia (all)	2	0	2	2	2
2014-15	19		EHT	Russia	2	0	2	2	2
2014-15	19		AHL	Texas Stars	5	0	4	4	12
2013-14	18		OG	Russia	5	1	0	1	0
2013-14	18		NHL	Dallas Stars	79	14	20	34	8												Playoffs	6	1	1	2	0
2013-14	18		International	Russia (all)	5	1	0	1	0
2012-13	17		WJC-20	Russia U20	6	1	1	2	25
2012-13	17		WJC-18	Russia U18	6	4	3	7	0
2012-13	17		VHL	Chelmet Chelyabinsk	15	8	2	10	4
2012-13	17		MHL	Belye Medvedi Chelyabinsk	9	4	4	8	0
2012-13	17		KHL	Traktor Chelyabinsk	18	4	2	6	0												Playoffs	25	6	3	9	0
2012-13	17		Jr Super Series	Russian Selects U20	5	0	0	0	0
2011-12	16		WJC-18	Russia U18	6	2	0	2	0
2011-12	16		WJAC-19	Russia U18	4	0	0	0	2
2011-12	16		WHC-17	Russia U17	5	3	3	6	0
2011-12	16		MHL	Belye Medvedi Chelyabinsk	38	4	6	10	6
2009-10	14		Districts Cup U16	Team Urals U16	5	3	2	5	0
2009-10	14		Districts Cup U15	Team Urals U15	5	5	4	9	4
NHL Totals					568	142	175	317
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Player Updates

Signings & Trades

07/11

2022

Nichushkin, Valeri

8yrs

'30

$6,125,000

Cap Hit

10/10

2020

Nichushkin, Valeri

2yrs

$2,500,000

Cap Hit

08/19

2019

Nichushkin, Valeri

1yr

$850,000

Cap Hit

07/1

2018

Nichushkin, Valeri

2yrs

$2,950,000

Cap Hit

Transactions & Updates

Oct

Nichushkin, Valeri

Nichushkin scored a goal on three shots on goal and had a plus-1 rating during his 17:47 of ice time in Sunday's 4-3 loss to the New Jersey Devils.

Oct

Nichushkin, Valeri

Nichushkin scored two goals on seven shots and added two PIM in Thursday's 5-4 shootout loss to the Carolina Hurricanes.

Oct

Nichushkin, Valeri

Nichushkin scored two goals Thursday in a 4-1 win over the Columbus Blue Jackets.

Oct

Nichushkin, Valeri

Nichushkin logged an assist and a plus-1 rating in Monday's 3-1 win over the Buffalo Sabres.

May

Nichushkin, Valeri

Nichushkin notched an assist, four hits and two blocked shots in Saturday's 4-2 loss to the Dallas Stars in Game 7.

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Contract History

2020-2022 Standard Contract

term2yrs

value$5,000,000$5.00M

cap hit$2,500,000$2.50M

expiry 2022 UFA age 27

Signed On Oct 10 2020

Signing Agent Mark Gandler & Todd Diamond

Signed By

Signing GM Joe Sakic

% Cap Contract Start 3.07%

Signing Status RFAage 25

Abbreviated $Amounts

	2020-21	2021-22	2022
Cap Hit	$2,500,000$2.50M	$2,500,000$2.50M	UFAage 27
AAV	$2,500,000$2.50M	$2,500,000$2.50M
Base	$2,200,000$2.20M	$2,800,000$2.80M
Performance Bonuses	-	-
Signing Bonuses	-	-
Total Salary	$2,200,000$2.20M	$2,800,000$2.80M
Minors Salary	$2,200,000$2.20M	$2,800,000$2.80M
Clauses
Year Type	RFA	RFA
UFA Year

2019-2020 Standard Contract

term1yr

value$850,000$850K

cap hit$850,000$850K

expiry 2020 RFA age 25

Signed On Aug 19 2019

Signing Agent Mark Gandler & Todd Diamond

Signed By

Signing GM Joe Sakic

% Cap Contract Start 1.04%

Signing Status RFAage 24

Arbitration Eligible

Abbreviated $Amounts

	2019-20	2020
Cap Hit	$850,000$850K	RFAage 25
AAV	$850,000$850K
Base	$850,000$850K
Performance Bonuses	-
Signing Bonuses	-
Total Salary	$850,000$850K
Minors Salary	$850,000$850K
Clauses
Year Type	RFA
UFA Year

2018-2019 Standard Contract

term2yrs

value$5,900,000$5.90M

cap hit$2,950,000$2.95M

expiry 2019 RFA age 24

Signed On Jul 1 2018

Signing Agent Mark Gandler & Todd Diamond

Signed By

Signing GM Jim Nill

Contract Bought Out By

This contract was bought out by prior to 2019-2020

Buyout Details

% Cap Contract Start 3.71%

Signing Status age 23

Abbreviated $Amounts

	2018-19	2019-20
Cap Hit	$2,950,000$2.95M	$2,950,000$2.95M	RFAage 24
AAV	$2,950,000$2.95M	$2,950,000$2.95M
Base	$2,200,000$2.20M	$2,700,000$2.70M
Performance Bonuses	-	-
Signing Bonuses	$500,000$500K	$500,000$500K
Total Salary	$2,700,000$2.70M	$3,200,000$3.20M
Minors Salary	$2,700,000$2.70M	$3,200,000$3.20M
Clauses
Year Type	RFA	RFA
UFA Year