No crazy blow-ups what could Val return

i think val still has much more value than that.

at this point there is almost no downside for a team to acquire him since he either gets his **** together and becomes a stud or he relapses again and u can terminate his contract..

i think the avs could keep him given those circumstances but the risk of him disappearing in the playoffs for them is too real.

for any team not in a win now window he is surely worth the risk.

I'd be real surprised if the first move the new CBJ GM made was to bring in as controversial of a player as Nichushkin. Especially not when the team is already dealing with Laine in the assistance program.

Probably gets traded for a worse replacement or for future captial that can be moved to fill the void he leaves. Really hard to imagine him ever coming back with his nameplate being removed from the lockeroom after game 5.

I mean he has negative value right now, plain and simple. Also he isn’t going to waive for some place like CBJ if he is reinstated. The best bet is a winning team with some Russian teammates and they just get out of his contract.

What else do they have to send for someone to take on that level of risk?