I mean I guess a 3rd is cool for a guy we got for free but I kind of feel like he is the one we keep out of Kulikov Klingberg and Shattenkirk so we don’t completely guy our d core

Aho has been solid, kulikov should not play over him

There's no point of getting rid of Beauvillear and adding Puljujärvi and I highly doubt it something Lou would do. Adding Meier for dufour a 1st and a 2nd would be enough

Fair, I’m just looking for a veteran dman on an expiring deal

Aho has been pretty good this season, but I still don’t like the idea of Aho-Dobson in the playoffs, they’re too soft and aren’t great at defending.

Aho is better defensively than Kulikov. I don’t know what your definition of soft is, but Dobson is the furthest thing from soft. There are maybe 5 defenseman in the NHL who are better at winning puck battles in the defensive zone leading to a zone exit

But SJ already has a reclamation project in a similarly paid Labanc

At this point, lets gut the D, take a cap dump goalie (on an expiring deal) and tell Gibson to go stub his toe after the TDL so we can IR him to end of season. Send him to a nice rehab facility, it Tahiti.

Tank hard for Bedard and see if we can get Kulikov back in FA, as well as a Dumba or a Mayfield.