How Id do things if they could spend money

Are you at least going to by the jets and stars dinner before you do that to them?

What's so bad about the trades? Kulikov is unloaded at a modest price. Unless Copp has more value than I think, so correct me if I am wrong there. Dallas trade would be giving guys a change of scenery. I'm guessing Ceci might have more value since he's played longer and looked at least "okay" at times.

I thought kulikov was ufa after this season, my bad. That might actually help loosen cap... but ceci... yuck, I guess the only good part is that you don’t have to send him a QA... but why give up on honka and give up picks for a guy you know is bad and certainly not worth his contract.

Yeah, that's true. I could see some dumb GM jumping at Ceci's "potential" though.

The problem for Ceci the last 3 years, is how has been used under Boucher. Look at EV+PK TOI, he is the most used shutdown D-man in the whole NHL... and he's not even supposed to be a shutdown D. I doubt Dallas would be stupid too to use him like that. The good thing in Dallas is he would clearly be the #4 because they have 3 excellent D-men in Klingberg, Lindell and Heiskanen. Dallas is a team where Ceci could be fine, playing 19 mins a night in a normal deployment. If they are giving up on Honka, I would actually pull the trigger if I was Dallas.

And they don't really give "picks". They swap a 3rd for 4th (small difference in value) and give up a 6th (value for a depth player at the deadline). It's very close to a Ceci-Honka swap.