The Pittsburgh Penguins continued their curious set of pre-deadline moves with the addition of Dmitry Kulikov from the Anaheim Ducks in exchange for Brock McGinn and a third-round pick. Hunter Hodies of Locked On Penguins joins Gil Martin on Locked On NHL to break down the trade from the Penguins side of things. Will Kulikov even crack the Penguins’ top six? Does Ron Hextall have any plan for the Pens at all? All that and more!
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Hunter ,great work as usual. For all the negative talk about Hex in the penguins community, he seems to have fixed several problem contracts that he created (kap and mc ginn) and added some decent players for the bottom 6 (bonino and grandlund) . Team is coming together. Whether this was his vision to began with or he's just shooting from the hip will probably never be known. But, a painter always makes mistakes on his way to creating a master piece. I'm excited to see how this team looks and their chemistry by the playoffs. Go Penns!!!!
If anything Kulikov is liked you said Hunter, he adds depth. This was more of a move to rid themselves of Brock McGinn's contract. Kulikov is a UFA and he in no way is back with the team next year.
If anything these moves were not meant to make The Penguins a Stanley Cup Contender. I think more so to kind reset and prepare for the offseason. Even with Granlund's contract, the team has exactly $17,900,000 in cap space for the off-season. So that is a pretty good chunk of cap space to work with. We know Bonino and Kulikov are not here next year, so I was fine with that the team gave up for them.
Ngl Hextall had a gr8 day today. Got Bonino for cheap & got rid of McGinn's deadweight contract.
Its a real shame he didnt get cap retention on Grandlund else coulda been not hated by Pens fans