Ducks Acquire Defenseman Kulikov from Minnesota | Anaheim Ducks
The Ducks have acquired defenseman Dmitry Kulikov from the Minnesota Wild for future considerations.
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So... gave him away.
He's better than Gologiski, but that's not saying much, and we already committed to Goligoski instead for some reason, so Kulikov was the odd man out.Wgat's your take on him Wild fans?
Merrill played the right sideI noticed that Kulikov played mostly with Merrill last season. Which one of them typically played on the right side?
5.7m in cap space you know what that means!?!?!?!Unless there is a subsequent signing/trade that uses Kulikov's money I don't like the trade.
I think that's irrelevant, considering his best friends on the team appear to be Dumba and Zucc.It also didn’t hurt having a Russian for Kap.
Learning a language is a lot easier when you have a fluent speaker of both on the roster.I think that's irrelevant, considering his best friends on the team appear to be Dumba and Zucc.
Yet, we have no reports that they spent much time at all together. Plenty that he spent a lot of time with Dumba and Zucc.Learning a language is a lot easier when you have a fluent speaker of both on the roster.
Disagree, point still stands that it’s an unnecessary move if we don’t make any further moves.Yet, we have no reports that they spent much time at all together. Plenty that he spent a lot of time with Dumba and Zucc.
Dumba even commented on how well he actually speaks the language already anyway.
I agree that it wasn't necessary, until they committed to Goligoski. With Addison coming in though, everyone saw the writing on the wall...Kulikov has been the odd man out for quite some time. Many have been predicting his trade at some point this offseason.Disagree, point still stands that it’s an unnecessary move if we don’t make any further moves.
I'm not going to spend the time to find it, but there was an article (I think in the Athletic) in which Kaprizov talked about how having Kulikov around helped him learn the nuances of English. Things like humor have started to translate for him now, where before he didn't fully get all the jokes.Yet, we have no reports that they spent much time at all together. Plenty that he spent a lot of time with Dumba and Zucc.
Dumba even commented on how well he actually speaks the language already anyway.
So, he's probably long past that point then and they "got their use" ot of him in that aspect.I'm not going to spend the time to find it, but there was an article (I think in the Athletic) in which Kaprizov talked about how having Kulikov around helped him learn the nuances of English. Things like humor have started to translate for him now, where before he didn't fully get all the jokes.
Yes.So, he's probably long past that point then and they "got their use" ot of him in that aspect.