The Dallas Stars lucked into Valeri Nichushkin in the 2013 NHL Draft. It hasn’t been all good fortune since then, but the big winger is about to return from a two-year sojourn in the Kontinental Hockey League with a new contract and a new outlook. Can Big Val reclaim his place as one of the Stars’ brightest lights?
Sean Shapiro takes a look at the limited KHL video available online – mostly game highlights – and offers some tantalizing glimpses of Nichushkin’s progress in his latest Film Room:
According to those who have watched Nichushkin closely, he has matured during his tenure in the KHL both as a human being and as a hockey player.