Police report sheds light on Avalanche star Nichushkin’s early departure from Seattle

Seattle Times ^ | April 27, 2023 | Geoff Baker

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Seattle police say that a “severely intoxicated” woman who later had to be taken to a hospital was found in the Seattle hotel room of Colorado Avalanche forward Valeri Nichushkin on Saturday, around the time he vanished without explanation from the team’s playoff series against the Kraken.

Team officials said Nichushkin left town before the team’s game against the Kraken that night but did not say why, prompting speculation throughout the hockey world. The Avalanche said this week that Nichushkin’s departure was not a legal matter, but they have declined to provide further information or say whether he will play for them again this postseason.

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This has the intrigue of a spy novel.

According to the report, the woman, who was taken to Virginia Mason Medical Center for observation, told police she was from Russia but born in Ukraine and “should never have come to the United States and that some guy took her passport and that he was a bad person.”

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Human trafficking and prostitution.

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"Human trafficking and prostitution."

Could this have been the reason?

Or this...