For Dallas Stars right winger Valeri Nichushkin, the 2014-15 season basically was a lost cause. In training camp and early in the season, hip and groin pain slowed him down significantly. It turned out that they were the result of his body overcompensating for labial spurs in his hip rather than the sports hernia that the training staff originally thought that he had.
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He ended up missing the majority of the season to the dissapointment of NHL betting fans, only dressing for eight of the NHL games and five games of a rehabilitation assignment with the Texas Stars.
Four of those eight games ended up being the last four of the season, and when coach Lindy Ruff put him on the same line with Ales Hemsky and Jason Spezza, Nichushkin did show some of that form that had made him one of the most exciting players in the league when the team drafted him in 2013 in the first round. There had been some times in 2013-14 when Nichushkin ended up in the coach’s doghouse and toiled on lower lines while Ruff waited for him to learn what it takes to play on the top line.




USAtoday.com: http://ftw.usatoday.com/2015/07/dallas-stars-officially-introduce-patrick-sharp-with-new-teammates-in-attendance
NJ.com: http://www.nj.com/devils/index.ssf/2015/04/devils_adam_henrique_vows_to_be_ready_for_training.html