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Loading…Dmitry Kulikov projects as a depth defenseman for now, with a 19.3 overall that ranks 295th of 327 rated defensemen.
His best component is penalty killing at 40, with offensive creation (13) trailing the rest of his game.
His rating fell from 35.1 in 2024-25 to 8.6 in 2025-26, one of the bigger drops in his 17-season card history.
The contract, $1.18M through 2027-28, grades Fair: the model's expected value of $886K is within $294K of what he is paid.
His cap hit is the 16th-largest on the Florida Panthers NHL roster and uses 1.1% of the $104M ceiling; the club currently has $2.32M in cap space.
| Component | Rating (0-100) |
|---|---|
| Offense | 13 |
| Defense | 40 |
| Play driving | 16 |
| Finishing | 39 |
| Penalty kill | 40 |
| Season | Team | GP | Overall | WAR |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | FLA | 19 | 8.6 | -1.1 |
| 2024-25 | FLA | 70 | 35.1 | -0.6 |
| 2023-24 | FLA | 76 | 54.4 | -0.4 |
| 2022-23 | ANA | 67 | 12.1 | -1.2 |
| 2021-22 | MIN | 80 | 73.5 | -0.1 |
| 2020-21 | NJD | 48 | 62.6 | -0.3 |
| 2019-20 | WPG | 51 | 49.1 | -0.4 |
| 2018-19 | WPG | 57 | 15.1 | -0.9 |
| 2017-18 | WPG | 62 | 22.5 | -0.7 |
| 2016-17 | BUF | 47 | 2.7 | -1.1 |
Other FLA defensemen by rating: Seth Jones (82.3), Niko Mikkola (65.1), Gustav Forsling (64.2), Aaron Ekblad (63). See the full Florida Panthers cap sheet.
How we rate players: each skater's overall is a percentile (0-100) built from offense, defense, play driving, finishing, power-play and penalty-kill impact against players at the same position; goalies are rated on goals saved above expected. Contract value compares the cap hit with the salary the model expects for that level of production, age and position. Figures are updated as new games and signings arrive.