The Colorado Avalanche signed forward Valeri Nichushkin to an eight-year contract extension on Monday.
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This was revealed by the training that evolves in Denver. According to the TSN network, the 27-year-old athlete will pocket $49 million in total, or $6.125 million per year.
The former first-round pick (10th overall) of the Dallas Stars in 2010 finally hatched, in his seventh year in the National League, he who also played two seasons in the Continental League since his selection by the Texas formation, scoring 52 points in 62 games.
He surpassed for the first time the bar of 34 points, a personal high he had established in his first season in the Bettman circuit.
The Russian was spending the last year of a two-year contract, which earned him an average of $2.5 million per campaign.
In addition to having his best campaign of his career, Nichushkin was instrumental in the Avalanche’s success in the playoffs, having blacked the scoresheet 15 times in 20 games. He had even laced up his skates despite a major injury to his right foot.