Puljujarvi and Vanecek

Why are Minny fans so hell bent on moving Kulikov? I’d love to trade a mid rounder for him right now and at his cap hit, that’s an absolute steal. He just came off a nice season with some solid numbers, what’s the rationale behind that?

If Addison is the plans, they have 8 NHL ready d men. His cap hit is more useful.

Love the idea but the major flaw….the guy riding the pine…

Makes sense, figured it was to open a roster spot for an upcoming prospect but I mean still wow. Those are some good numbers on a very cheap cap hit. You could probably even get a team to overpay a little for those reasons but it seems like he’s being treated like a cap dump.

With Fiala gone the need to do it basically disappeared overnight.

I wanted and tried to keep him, I'd prefer it in fact, as I'd rather have Goligoski stay as the 7th defenseman but unless Vanecek came in at league minimum a $2M contract needed to go out. But I don't see Vanecek coming in lower than what I signed him for realistically, so between Kulikov and Jost, Kulikov is the more expensive cap hit.