Valeri Nichushkin posts disturbing content just months after hotel room incident

You may remember the disturbing hotel room incident involving Valeri Nichushkin, who was a member of the Colorado Avalanche, during the postseason. It was revealed that Nichushkin was involved in a bizarre incident with an unidentified woman at a hotel in Seattle on April 22nd, coincidently the same day that the Avalanche were scheduled to face the Kraken in Game 3 of their first round Stanley Cup playoff series. Police called to the scene where a “heavily intoxicated woman” was found in the Russian forward’s room, which some reports hinting that she could have been drugged, possibly with “something go mixed in a drink.” News reports then stated that Nichushkin was spirited out of the hotel by Avalanche team security members and flown out of Seattle that day. Police records also indicated that the woman has no fixed address and she told police that she had arrived from either Ukraine or Russia and that an unidentified man took her passport and identification.

While we had no further update on the woman or her well-being, we got news on Nichushkin, who posted two stories on his Instagram account that got people raising eyebrows. Nichushkin can be seen holding what appears to be an assault rifle back home in Russia and appears to be very happy about it.

I can’t imagine how he thought that a rare appearance on social media, months after a bizarre and mysterious public scandal, would be widely popular with the fanbase of the NHL with him holding a gun with his shirt unbuttoned…

Not the best PR move…

Nichushkin took part in 53 games for the defending Stanley Cup champion Avalanche this past season, scoring 17 goals while adding 30 assists. He was a force in Colorado’s title run in 2022, tallying nine goals in 20 playoff games and helping the Avalanche to their first Stanley Cup since 2001.

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