The Avs should trade forward Valeri Nichushkin, along with his big contract. There are better hockey players out there for the same amount of money.

T.K, Helsingfors, Finland

Kiz: Maybe we will never learn why Nichushkin disappeared from a team that desperately needed his scoring during the NHL playoffs. But it might be extremely difficult for the Avs to get anywhere near the value of his $6.125 million annual salary until they come clean with a trade partner on what happened in that Seattle hotel room.

Kiz, were you in Nichushkin’s hotel room when the 9-1-1 call was made? No? Didn’t think so. Until you get all the facts, stop being a whiny little (bleep) set out to badmouth the Avalanche organization. Go cover some Black Lives Matter or Antifa garbage and praise them.

Mark, kinda upset

Kiz: So, if I understand you correctly, your conspiracy theory is liberal activists kidnapped Nichushkin from the playoffs? Well, alrighty then. Nice tinfoil hat, by the way.

Thank you for at least keeping some light on the Nichushkin issue, because if there was real wrongdoing, moral or legal, the Avs could otherwise just sweep it under the rug. And if Nichushkin basically did nothing wrong, he deserves to have his reputation cleared by the team.

Dean, concerned U.S. citizen

Kiz: Whether they void his contract or welcome Nichushkin back to the team, the Avs are going to insist it’s all personal and none of our business? That would be more irresponsible than how Avalanche management acted as the team’s playoff aspirations swirled the drain.

I’m proud of you, buddy, telling it like it is. The liberal East Coast media and the woke NBA installing Joel Embiid as their MVP, while the rest of us know it’s Nikola Jokić.

Keith, Northglenn

Kiz: Well, I’ve been accused of being one of those evil woke liberals a few times myself. So to tell the truth, buddy, I’m a little uncomfortable when you drag your political agenda into a debate about the basketball merits of Embiid vs Jokic. It’s not really any different than how ESPN commentator Kendrick Perkins bruised Joker’s heart by trying to make him a poster child for systemic racism in America.

If Allah wills it, maybe one day you will also get a peek at Embiid’s undergarments.

N.C., Toronto

Kiz: OK, it’s easy for anybody, especially folks obsessed with stoking false outrage, to take great offense because I’m amused Jokic wears Budweiser-logo underwear. So I’m happy to explain it to you: The hullabaloo about systemic racism in the MVP election was almost as ridiculous as the goofy boxers Jokic puts on before he leaves the arena and goes home to do something actually important, like hugging his young daughter.

And today’s parting shot is a Colorado fan’s worst fear about the dreadful baseball being played by your Pet Rocks.

I wish franchise owner Dick Monfort cared. My guess is if attendance at Coors Field drops and he quits making money, Monfort will just move the team and fleece a new city.

TDF, cynical soothsayer

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