Odd-man out in Florida, Kulikov excited to join Sabres (Yahoo Sports)

Dmitry Kulikov was initially excited upon learning the Florida Panthers had acquired and then signed free-agent defenseman Keith Yandle to a long-term contract last week. Little did Kulikov realize that Yandle's addition would lead to him being the odd man out a few days later, when the Panthers traded the seventh-year defenseman to the Buffalo Sabres. ''I was comfortable with Florida,'' Kulikov said during a telephone conference call on Tuesday.