Valeri Nichushkin

This is yours, uh, Isabelle.

Nichushkin.

Valeri Nichushkin.

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Can you spell Nichushkin?

Nich- Nichushkin?

Nichushkin, yeah.

Nic- [laughs]

A few other players still holding out.

Nichushkin and Edmundson in Detroit.

Those players are great players.

Also, Detroit did sign DeBrincat, so there's money to go around.

Yep

...

it, it, the difference of these two players was where Nichushkin just didn't come to camp.

He wanted a deal.

of an increase in expected goals when Voronkov is on that line versus when Garland is on that line.

In terms of actual goals, the Monaghan-Nichushkin-Garland line has been outscored 1-0.

The Voronkov-Monaghan-Nichushkin line is 1-1.

So, you know, 1-1 is fine.

Hasn't had a great start to the season, for sure.

Nichushkin, Coyle is on the top power play, so is Kent Johnson.

I think, like, Nichushkin, Coyle, Johnson, I, I do think you can drop this week.

I don't think you're gonna get burned by that.

Fantilli is obviously a player that, uh, we have talked up, uh, throughout the off-season here, and I still have a lot of personal belief in.

We've really tried to keep this player." Like, I, I know that he wasn't thrilled about the first offer, and I think the three of us talked about this.

Like, when, when the Zeev Buym deal was signed, all of a sudden Edmondson's number went up, Nichushkin's number went up.

Like, uh, we all know how this, this works in the NHL.

And Edmondson was a good soldier and went to camp without a contract, which is something that, um, not very many other players would do, and it has felt like he's just hit a level of frustration with this organization that has now led to this situation.

Correct, that's the one.

Or Nichushkin

... someone else is gonna pay more likely.

But if you had Knies, maybe you'd be like, "Is that worth..." Like, I don't know if you're, I don't know if you're better.