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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 3 of 8

22/23

24/25

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 $33,250,000

2024-25 Stats

Regular Season

GP43

G21

A13

P34

PPG0.79

PIM8

EV TOI/GM 13.92

G60 1.13

P60 1.95

GF% 60.00

DFF% 51.30

REL DFF% -2.70

CF% 54.90

REL CF% 1.60

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, currently playing for the Colorado Avalanche. His contract was signed on July 11, 2022, and expires at the end of the 2029-30 season, when Nichushkin will be 35 years old.

Signed On Jul 11 2022

Signing Agent Mark Gandler & Todd Diamond

Signed By

% 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	Buy Out

Notes

Years 4-8: 12 Team No Trade List

Career Stats By Contract

NHL Only

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Season	Cap Hit	League	Team	GP	G	A	TP	PIM	TOI	GF%	DFF%	Rel DFF%	CF%	Rel CF%	G60	P60	Playoffs	GP	G	A	TP	PIM
2024-25	$6,125,000 $6.13M	NHL	Colorado Avalanche	43	21	13	34	8	585	60.00	51.30	-2.70	54.90	1.60	1.13	1.95	Playoffs	7	3	1	4	0
2023-24	$6,125,000 $6.13M	NHL	Colorado Avalanche	54	28	25	53	22	796	53.20	53.00	1.70	55.60	2.70	0.68	1.81	Playoffs	8	9	1	10	0
2022-23	$6,125,000 $6.13M	NHL	Colorado Avalanche	53	17	30	47	2	736	59.70	51.00	-0.60	53.90	1.60	0.41	1.96	Playoffs	2	1	0	1	0
2021-22	$2,500,000 $2.50M	NHL	Colorado Avalanche	62	25	27	52	14	868	60.90	57.10	7.00	58.40	7.30	1.04	2.49	Playoffs	20	9	6	15	0
2020-21	$2,500,000 $2.50M	NHL	Colorado Avalanche	55	10	11	21	4	621	55.30	62.80	5.10	61.10	3.00	0.68	1.55	Playoffs	10	1	2	3	0
2019-20	$850,000 $850K	NHL	Colorado Avalanche	65	13	14	27	14	754	71.40	57.00	7.40	55.90	5.30	0.88	1.83	Playoffs	15	2	1	3	0
2018-19	$2,950,000 $2.95M	NHL	Dallas Stars	57	0	10	10	0	629	42.86	49.11	-2.45	48.64	1.12	0.00	0.86	Playoffs	1	0	0	0	0
2017-18	$0 $0K	International	Russia (all)	4	1	0	1	2
2017-18	$0 $0K	EHT	Russia	5	2	0	2	2
2017-18	$0 $0K	KHL	CSKA Moskva	50	16	11	27	14									Playoffs	19	3	6	9	0
2016-17	$0 $0K	International	Russia (all)	15	1	7	8	0
2016-17	$0 $0K	WC	Russia	6	0	3	3	0
2016-17	$0 $0K	EHT	Russia	9	1	4	5	0
2016-17	$0 $0K	KHL	CSKA Moskva	36	11	13	24	9									Playoffs	9	1	4	5	0
2015-16	$0 $0K	NHL	Dallas Stars	79	9	20	29	12	1,005	54.55	51.99	-1.75	52.30	-0.72	0.48	1.61	Playoffs	10	0	1	1	0
2014-15	$0 $0K	EHT	Russia	2	0	2	2	2
2014-15	$0 $0K	International	Russia (all)	2	0	2	2	2
2014-15	$0 $0K	AHL	Texas Stars	5	0	4	4	12
2014-15	$0 $0K	NHL	Dallas Stars	8	0	1	1	2	99	42.86	53.52	-1.20	51.09	-0.63	0.00	0.61
2013-14	$0 $0K	International	Russia (all)	5	1	0	1	0
2013-14	$0 $0K	OG	Russia	5	1	0	1	0
2013-14	$0 $0K	NHL	Dallas Stars	79	14	20	34	8	1,042	61.73	51.56	2.06	51.18	0.79	0.63	1.61	Playoffs	6	1	1	2	0
2012-13	$0 $0K	Jr Super Series	Russian Selects U20	5	0	0	0	0
2012-13	$0 $0K	WJC-18	Russia U18	6	4	3	7	0
2012-13	$0 $0K	WJC-20	Russia U20	6	1	1	2	25
2012-13	$0 $0K	KHL	Traktor Chelyabinsk	18	4	2	6	0									Playoffs	25	6	3	9	0
2012-13	$0 $0K	VHL	Chelmet Chelyabinsk	15	8	2	10	4
2012-13	$0 $0K	MHL	Belye Medvedi Chelyabinsk	9	4	4	8	0
2011-12	$0 $0K	WJC-18	Russia U18	6	2	0	2	0
2011-12	$0 $0K	WHC-17	Russia U17	5	3	3	6	0
2011-12	$0 $0K	WJAC-19	Russia U18	4	0	0	0	2
2011-12	$0 $0K	MHL	Belye Medvedi Chelyabinsk	38	4	6	10	6
2009-10	$0 $0K	Districts Cup U16	Team Urals U16	5	3	2	5	0
2009-10	$0 $0K	Districts Cup U15	Team Urals U15	5	5	4	9	4
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Player Updates

Signings & Trades

07/11

2022

Nichushkin, Valeri

8yrs

'30

$6,125,000AAV

10/10

2020

Nichushkin, Valeri

2yrs

$2,500,000AAV

08/19

2019

Nichushkin, Valeri

1yr

$850,000AAV

07/1

2018

Nichushkin, Valeri

2yrs

$2,950,000AAV

Transactions & Updates

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.

May

Nichushkin, Valeri

Nichushkin scored two goals, added five hits and went plus-2 in Thursday's 7-4 win over the Dallas Stars in Game 6.

Apr

Nichushkin, Valeri

Nichushkin scored a goal on three shots in Wednesday's 2-1 overtime loss to the Dallas Stars in Game 3.

Apr

Nichushkin, Valeri

Nichushkin (lower body) will be in the lineup versus Dallas on Saturday, per Meghan Angley of Guerilla Sports.

Apr

Nichushkin, Valeri

Nichushkin (lower body) will not be in the lineup Sunday in Anaheim, according to Jesse Montano of Guerilla Sports.

All Transactions

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

% 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

% 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

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