Posts About "Dmitry Kulikov"
3 Short-Term Contracts the Devils Need to Pursue in Free Agency
September 17th, 2020 Sometimes, it's the dull, short-term additions that can really catapult rebuilding teams to the next level. These are the "not so flashy" calculated risks teams take to fill multiple needs while still thinking about the long haul. Although New Jersey Devils general manager Tom Fitzgerald is looking to avoid leveling the salary-cap...
Jets May Need to Trade to Bolster Battered Blue Line
January 16th, 2020 The Winnipeg Jets have persevered with a patchwork defence and a bunch of journeymen for most of this season. However, with the number of injuries they have right now, they may not be able to address their battered blue line internally and may have to seek outside assistance. Injuries Abound on Back End Winnipeg Jets defensemen...
Jets Weekly: Hellebuyck, Kulikov, November Recap & More
December 2nd, 2019 Welcome to Winnipeg Jets Weekly, where you can catch up on the past week of Jets hockey. From hot topics to news and notes, this is where you can find all things Jets related throughout the 2019-20 season. The Jets kept their hot month of November going this past week, winning two out of three games on their California road trip....
Jets Should Target Travis Hamonic
November 12th, 2019 Calgary Flames defenseman Travis Hamonic is high on TSN’s trade board after refusing any contract talks throughout the 2019-20 season, and the Winnipeg Jets should be trying their best to get him. The 29-year-old St. Malo, Manitoba product is in the final year of his contract that carries an average annual value (AAV) of $3.86 million...
Winnipeg Jets Lose Kulikov & Morrissey
October 8th, 2019 PITTSBURGH — The Winnipeg Jets' short-handed defence has received more bad news. Jets coach Paul Maurice said Josh Morrissey would miss a second straight game on Tuesday night against the Pittsburgh Penguins because of an undisclosed injury suffered Su...
Winnipeg Jets’ 3 Worst Contracts
September 27th, 2019 The Winnipeg Jets – like all teams in the NHL – have had their fair share of good and bad contracts over the years. In this article, we are going to take a deeper look at the three worst contracts on the Winnipeg Jets. Related: Winnipeg Jets' 3 Best Contracts This list is for current players that are under contract only and...
Jets Should Ditch Dmitry Kulikov
May 2nd, 2019 The Winnipeg Jets have quite the to-do list in what is an integral offseason for a team that made a disappointing first-round exit in the Stanley Cup Playoffs last month. One of the items on that list should be to solve their Kulikov conundrum. Kulikov Contract is the Jets' Worst Of all the team-friendly contracts Jets general...
NHL News & Notes: Giordano, Ouellet & More
December 7th, 2018 In today's News & Notes, Mark Giordano will have a hearing with the NHL's DoPS, Xavier Ouellet has been placed on waivers and the Winnipeg Jets have activated two defenders off of the injured reserve. Giordano to Have Hearing With NHL DoPS Giordano will have a hearing Friday with the NHL's Department of Player Safety following an...
Jets Options With a Morrissey Holdout
August 21st, 2018 It is T-minus 26 days to the Winnipeg Jets first preseason game and 43 days to their first regular season tilt. However, it's becoming more and more possible with each passing day the team may be entering those battles —against the Minnesota Wild and St. Louis Blues, respectively — without one of their big guns on the blue...
Jets' Depth Offsets Free Agent Disappointments
March 19th, 2018 The Winnipeg Jets thought they were addressing some major needs with free-agent signings this past offseason. Perhaps they would have been better off leaving well enough alone. Dmitry Kulikov and Steve Mason were necessary if expensive signings. The two solidified the areas of biggest concern for the Jets coming out of 2016-17:...
Jets’ Biggest Game Changers
November 27th, 2017 Already, there have been a lot of unexpected changes in the NHL, in terms of teams and where they stand a quarter of the way into the 2017-18 season. One of the most unexpected starts has been from the Pittsburgh Penguins, who’ve already spent a considerable amount of time at the bottom early on. Then there are the Tampa Bay...
Tyler Myers: Jets' Missing Piece
September 16th, 2017 Goaltending was a frequent topic of conversation last season and not in the way Winnipeg Jets management or fans anticipated. Connor Hellebuyck performed admirably for a young netminder, earning 26 victories in 56 starts. Michael Hutchinson was between the pipes for the majority of the remainder of games but appears a likely...
Can the Jets Solve Their Oldest Problem?
September 11th, 2017 The Winnipeg Jets' roster looks awfully different from the one that touched down in the prairies in October 2011. The forward core has been dramatically shaken up to the point where it would be almost unrecognizable to the Jets fans of that inaugural year. The defense is similarly altered, and none of the original goalies remain...
