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Final Grade: Lawrence Nycholat

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GP G A PTS +/- PIM ESG PPG SHG GWG SOG SPC  ATOI
Season (with Colorado) 5 0 0 0 -2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.0 10:32

 

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Joined Team: March 4, 2009 (acquired with Ryan Wilson and a 2nd round pick from Calgary for Jordan Leopold)

MHH Nicknames: Who?

Linemates: Tjarnqvist (2), Liles (2), Vernace (1)

ATOI: 10:32

Best Month: March (5GP, 0 points)

Career Highs: Nycholat's 19 games (including his time with Vancouver) and +/- rating of +1 both matched career highs.

Report: Nycholat was acquired in the Leopold deal. At the time, Nycholat was joining his 3rd team in 4 days, having just been obtained by the Flames on waivers from Vancouver. Really, he was just brought in to provide some depth and he did just that...for 5 games before going down with an arm injury.

In those 5 games, Nycholat seemed solid if unspectacular. His scouting report (click his jersey on the right) says he possesses some offensive acumen, but that's not a skill one is allowed to showcase in the Colorado Avalanche "system".

Fun Fact: Nycholat, a Calgary, Alberta native, has been with every NW division franchise except Edmonton.

The Lawrence Nycholat Drinking Game: Drink every time someone recognizes Lawrence Nycholat. Drunk potential: Very low.

2008 Salary (and Cap Number): $600k ($550k)

2009-2010 Status: Nycholat is an unrestricted free agent.

Outlook for 2009: Nycholat seems like a good enough guy to have around as a reserve defensemen. If he was to return, it would be as a depth guy who would shuttle between Denver and Cleveland. I think the Avs have other options here, though (Michael Vernace, for example) and I imagine Nycholat will not be back.

 

Next Up: John-Michael Liles

 

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Would you like to see Nycholat back with the Avalanche next season?
Yes
24 votes
No
63 votes

87 votes | Poll has closed

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i still don’t quite get why we got this guy. clearly we survived by just bringing up LEM guys? Couldn’t we have asked for a 5th – 7th or a prospect instead?

by thedoctor on Apr 30, 2009 8:24 AM MDT reply actions  

Honestly

I don’t have any opinion at all on this guy. He seemed like a decent enough kid and I hope he is able to catch on somewhere.

The 2008-2009 Colorado Avalanche: Slumpbusters

by Jibblescribbits on Apr 30, 2009 8:52 AM MDT reply actions  

I didn’t have any complaints about him so far…I wouldn’t have a problem bringing him back and giving him a full season.

MHH: Like the Avs organization, we’ve now officially lost our minds.

I'm The Canary - but I'm not cute nor cuddly, and I don't sing.

by Americanario on Apr 30, 2009 9:44 AM MDT up reply actions  

Definitely laughed at the nickname and drinking game lines. Nice work.

Ben Guite, MVP.

by Adam19 on Apr 30, 2009 10:07 AM MDT reply actions  

Maybe

a reason to keep him around for a season, just so we can given the guy a “proper” nickname?

MHH: Like the Avs organization, we’ve now officially lost our minds.

I'm The Canary - but I'm not cute nor cuddly, and I don't sing.

by Americanario on Apr 30, 2009 12:49 PM MDT up reply actions  

excellent point.

Hyphens cause writers more trouble than any other form of punctuation, except perhaps commas.

by David Driscoll-Carignan on Apr 30, 2009 1:19 PM MDT up reply actions  

“Who?” is a proper nickname, IMO.

2008-2009 Colorado Avalanche: Dry Humping Mediocrity

by Mike @ MHH on Apr 30, 2009 7:13 PM MDT up reply actions  

As long as everyone knows its a nickname, if not you get people giving you wierd looks cause you keep saying Who? after you’ve been told thousands of times, not that thats ever happened to me or anything.

The Savage has spoken. Let it be done

"Two roads diverged in a wood, and I took the one less travelled by, and that has made all the difference"
R. Frost

by Savage33 on May 1, 2009 2:11 AM MDT up reply actions  

Who

Isn’t he on first?

The 2008-2009 Colorado Avalanche: Slumpbusters

by Jibblescribbits on May 1, 2009 11:36 AM MDT up reply actions  

I thought

He is on second.

2008-2009 Avalanche: It's like watching a car crash.

by Drakenlot on May 1, 2009 5:07 PM MDT up reply actions  

No

What’s on second

The 2008-2009 Colorado Avalanche: Slumpbusters

by Jibblescribbits on May 1, 2009 6:56 PM MDT up reply actions  

Dang, I was hoping for a Prinicipal Skinner-Supernintendo Chalmers 5 second epic fail. I was gypped

The Savage has spoken. Let it be done

"Two roads diverged in a wood, and I took the one less travelled by, and that has made all the difference"
R. Frost

by Savage33 on May 1, 2009 7:58 PM MDT up reply actions  

Wait a minute

Then who’s on third?

2008-2009 Avalanche: It's like watching a car crash.

by Drakenlot on May 1, 2009 10:45 PM MDT up reply actions  

i dont know.

Sippin' PBR on a Colorado game day...

by mfured20 on May 2, 2009 9:09 AM MDT up reply actions  

No

Who’s on first.

The 2008-2009 Colorado Avalanche: Slumpbusters

by Jibblescribbits on May 2, 2009 9:37 AM MDT up reply actions  

Why are we back to first base again?

Who’s on first?

2008-2009 Avalanche: It's like watching a car crash.

by Drakenlot on May 3, 2009 1:21 AM MDT up reply actions  

Who is.

MHH: Like the Avs organization, we’ve now officially lost our minds.

I'm The Canary - but I'm not cute nor cuddly, and I don't sing.

by Americanario on May 3, 2009 3:54 PM MDT up reply actions  

That's what I'm asking

Who’s on first?

2008-2009 Avalanche: It's like watching a car crash.

by Drakenlot on May 5, 2009 1:19 AM MDT up reply actions  

Yes

The 2008-2009 Colorado Avalanche: Slumpbusters

by Jibblescribbits on May 5, 2009 3:58 PM MDT up reply actions  

So who's on second?

2008-2009 Avalanche: It's like watching a car crash.

by Drakenlot on May 5, 2009 6:22 PM MDT up reply actions  

No

What’s on second.

The 2008-2009 Colorado Avalanche: Slumpbusters

by Jibblescribbits on May 5, 2009 11:24 PM MDT up reply actions  

Change my vote

If he’s able to successfully infiltrate the Canucks and sabotage them, I think we should keep him on our payroll.

The 2008-2009 Colorado Avalanche: Slumpbusters

by Jibblescribbits on Apr 30, 2009 10:21 AM MDT reply actions  

I say

Nycholat is a last-resort signing for the Avs, meaning they get him if they can’t get another guy higher up on the list.

I would like him to stay though, give him time to shine.

2008-2009 Avalanche: It's like watching a car crash.

by Drakenlot on May 1, 2009 12:30 AM MDT reply actions  

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