Remember that YouTube series involving Valeri Nichushkin that we reported on over a month ago?

Yes, it’s STILL going on, and apparently it’s not even done.

On Saturday, YouTuber Cherkas Atlant posted episode four of the series, most of it focused on Colorado’s suspended winger again. A lot of it has just been hanging around the players and getting to see another side of them, but in episode two, Nichushkin did discuss the Seattle incident.

Listen, I’m no editing expert. Putting together film rooms is not exactly hard but it does take a while. That being said, these interviews were shot over three months ago and apparently there’s still at least one more remaining. Not exactly the most timely releases, especially considering that the interviews were completed before Nichushkin was suspended.

If you’re like me and don’t speak Russian (surprise, I know), here is a thread breaking down some of the major points from this episode…

Val Nichushkin's big interview for Cherkas Atlant – a short recap of main points, part 4 (It Keeps Happening Edition) 🧵 pic.twitter.com/W98MKl1f85

— waggot 🌊 (@waggot_) August 4, 2024

As for a breakdown of what was said, these are some bullet points…

• Val discusses the issues he has falling asleep on game-days. While others on the team fall asleep around 1 AM, he doesn’t fall asleep until around 4 AM. I believe he’s spoken to Russian reporters before about his sleep troubles, but he discusses it at-length in this interview. These sleep problems made him unhappy and irritated, which is why he rarely does interviews, as he’d prefer keeping to himself.
• He thinks the bad sleep is caused by over-exertion, and his gym work could be impacting that negatively as well, as he tried to work harder than ever before after signing with the Avalanche. These
• Starting last summer, he began working with a psychologist to help him out with some of these issues.

Again, these are all Val’s accounts on what has been happening. You can watch the video with closed captioning that will translate everything to English, but it may not be the best.

There’s a lot of privacy around the Player Assistance Program, so we may never get the truth to what has been going on, and considering that’s a program for the players to get the help they need, that makes sense. If someone doesn’t want to share why they’re entering the program, they don’t have to. I’ve seen Nichushkin posting pictures on social media recently and he looks like he’s in a good place. I genuinely hope that’s the case, as he’s a human being like the rest of us. Will he play another game for the Avalanche? We’ll find out in due time.

I guess there will be at least one more episode of this series, and if anything interesting comes up, we’ll have it here.