Arizona Coyotes GM John Chayka loves to make deals.
Today he made another, acquiring forward Teemu Pulkkinen from the Wild.
I’m guessing Chayka and Wild GM Chuck Fletcher are on a first name basis at this point, after the Hanzal deal yesterday and now another trade today.
The acquisition of Pulkkinen is a curious one from a few perspectives.
For one, the return for Minnesota is “future considerations”. Those future considerations generally don’t amount to much. Furthermore, while Pulkkinen is highly affective in the AHL he hasn’t quite put it together at the NHL level.