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I'd trade Kulikov before Jost. I'd keep both if MAF and Middleton were re-signed for a combined $5m or less.
Beckman isn't a 4th liner. He still needs AHL time to become a more complete player before he'll push for a NHL spot.
Jost (I'm not a fan of him) can play anywhere in the lineup is why MN will keep him. He is also some insurance in case Rossi ends up in the AHL.
Addison will have a tough time making the lineup. There are too many players ahead of him and the coaching staff/GM seem to want nothing to do with Addison and Spurgeon being in the lineup at the same time.
I like the idea of signing Larsson, but to play him as a bottom-6C, not in the pressbox. I think he'll be in the $1.5m-$2m rand UFA signing. Reliable, d-zone, bottom-6 centers, that chip in a few points aren't expensive; but they aren't cheap either. I mean Freddy G did get a $1.2m x 2 last offseason with much less of a track record.