Antoine Roussel: Valeri Nichushkin was just as hard to handle with the Stars

The news involving Valeri Nichushkin has been the talk of the town in recent days.

His team-mates publicly slammed him for his bad decisions…

And ultimately, it’s safe to say that all this had an impact on the Avalanche’s crushing 5-1 loss to the Dallas Stars on Monday night.

After all, it must have been difficult for the players to focus on the ultimate goal, because it was a major distraction.

Antoine Roussel spoke about the subject last night on 98.5 FM, and he’s in a good position to comment on the situation because he played alongside Nichushkin when he was in Dallas.

The former NHL player, who isn ‘t afraid to speak his mind out loud, explained that it was difficult for the Stars organization to deal with Nichushkin in the past because he saw himself higher than everyone else:

In the beginning, he wasn’t necessarily easy to manage as a player, because he thought he was owed everything.

As part of a team, it was a little harder to manage. – Antoine Roussel