Valeri Nichushkin‘s second stint with the Dallas Stars appears to have come to an end.
The club is placing the 24-year-old on waivers with the intent to buy out the final year remaining on his two-year, $5.9-million contract, Sportsnet’s Elliotte Friedman reported Saturday.
https://twitter.com/FriedgeHNIC/status/1144999834581159936
The former 10th overall pick in the 2013 NHL draft had 10 assists in 57 games with the Stars last season, his first since returning from a two-year run with the KHL’s CSKA Moscow.
Nichushkin impressed in his first season in the NHL, collecting 34 points across 79 games with Dallas in 2013-14. But he was limited to just eight games following hip surgery during the 2014-15 campaign. He produced 29 points in 79 games with the Stars in 2015-16, before leaving for Russia in the off-season.
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