Eastside's Hockey Elite Collide

To Calgary:
Sam Bennett (81)
Jakub Vrana (69)
Rasmus Ristolainen (66)

To Colorado:
Dmitry Kulikov (76)
Kirill Marchenko (76)

Avs accept. At the heart of it, this is Bennett for Kulikov. Winning in EHM is all about defence and Kulikov gives me a beastly top pair with Phaneuf. Tough to lose Bennett, but we are pretty deep up front so I think we can replace him by committee. Eyeing another centre to bring in, but if not I think Kuokkanen can play 1C.

Marchenko is a real nice young add to the roster and will develop as a two-way player for the top 9. Vrana was making too much for his role and Risto won't really be missed as we have Johns and Galin playing a similar style on the right side.

Thanks for the deal Flames

Accept. Kulikov wasn’t gonna be on my top pair and I wanted to offload that contract. With drysdale coming up I think I’ll be able to fill that void. Really wanted Bennett to center my 2nd line and risto will fill a huge role on my top PK unit.