Russian striker “Colorado” Valery Nichushkin in an interview with he joked about the newcomer to Traktor Andrew Hammond and said that sometimes the management of the Chelyabinsk club can know his opinion about this or that player on the other side of the ocean.
Nichushkin was born in Chelyabinsk and graduated from a hockey school “Tractor” . In the summer, during the holidays, the player returned to his hometown for a week
– Traktor has recruited Canadian goalkeeper Andrew Hammond, nicknamed “Hamburger”. Did you play against him?
– Do you like burgers? Great. Probably, he will be in good shape, – Nichushkin smiled. I can’t say, I’ve never seen it.
– Did it happen that you were consulted at Traktor to take a player from North America?
– They used to ask. But sometimes, and through friends. It wasn’t directly. Well, right now in Chelyabinsk, under the leadership of “Tractor”, they watched hockey. They asked me: “What do you think of this player? And about that?
Over the summer, Nichushkin signed a new contract with Colorado for eight years, with a salary of more than $6 million a year. The Russian played with an ankle injury in the last game of the Stanley Cup series, in which his team won the trophy. The Avalanche won the Stanley Cup for the first time since 2001 in the 2021-22 season, beating Tampa Bay 4-2 in the series. Nichushkin scored 9 goals and had 6 assists in the NHL playoffs.
Source : MatchTV

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