{"id":264266,"date":"2025-10-24T16:27:11","date_gmt":"2025-10-24T16:27:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/264266\/"},"modified":"2025-10-24T16:27:11","modified_gmt":"2025-10-24T16:27:11","slug":"10-observations-nichushkin-arrives-its-time-to-play-him-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/264266\/","title":{"rendered":"10 Observations: Nichushkin Arrives. It&#8217;s Time to Play Him More (+)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Valeri Nichushkin had a vintage Val game against the Carolina Hurricanes on Thursday. He was a physical force, fast, and confident with the puck. It\u2019s the type of relentless game that has made him a key piece of this Avalanche roster for a half-decade.<\/p>\n<p>The Avs\u2019 5-4 shootout loss to the Carolina Hurricanes lived up to the hype. The Nordiques and Whalers jerseys were a sight to see, but the on-ice product was every bit as entertaining.<\/p>\n<p>Nichushkin was a force. He was also a great teammate after the game.<\/p>\n<p>READ MORE: <a href=\"https:\/\/coloradohockeynow.com\/2025\/10\/23\/the-aftermath-miner-shines-avalanche-secure-another-point-fall-in-shootout\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">The Aftermath: Miner Shines \u2014 Avalanche Secure Another Point, Fall in Shootout<\/a><\/p>\n<p>10 Observations<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.paypal.com\/paypalme\/colhockeynow\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/CHNS-Tip-Jar.png\" alt=\"Contribute to CHN's travel and support local journalism!\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><br \/>\n<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Valeri Nichushkin had a vintage Val game against the Carolina Hurricanes on Thursday. He was a physical force,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":264267,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5116],"tags":[193,192,144,5277,58,18209,2590,5,515,4,14130,3895,3922,3699],"class_list":{"0":"post-264266","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-colorado-avalanche","8":"tag-avalanche","9":"tag-colorado","10":"tag-colorado-avalanche","11":"tag-coloradoavalanche","12":"tag-featured","13":"tag-gavin-brindley","14":"tag-hartford-whalers","15":"tag-hockey","16":"tag-jack-drury","17":"tag-nhl","18":"tag-quebec-nordiques","19":"tag-trent-miner","20":"tag-valeri-nichushkin","21":"tag-victor-olofsson"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nhl\/115430086666700217","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/264266","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=264266"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/264266\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/264267"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=264266"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=264266"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=264266"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}