Well, when a team trades Nutivaara and Murray, someone has to backfill those minutes. He's not a superstar, and nobody is claiming he is, just that he's a facilitator that could be useful on the PP. I'd actually prefer they give Kukan a look there, personally. It's obviously not going to be Savard or Gavrikov... 

Yeah, not sure I buy that. The Blue Jackets' cap structure is the envy of the NHL in that they have zero bad contracts. Of course, part of this is because they DON'T overpay players. But there is plenty of money in the Cap to afford this roster. We're not talking about the 2002 Red Wings here