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Kulak will be a very good #5-#6 paired with Fleury or Juulsen next season.
Player Discussion Brett Kulak: Top pairing candidate #6
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Archijerej
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Not so sure about that. Based on past experiences, his standard of play suffers significantly when he's not paired with someone who can carry a pairing.
dackelljuneaubulis02
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There was some pretty substantial injuries. We just don't have the horses to weather that storm. Especially KK regressing hurt.
The Pens being pretty awful as helped imo. I think we've been playing well all in all but the Pens just have not looked all that great.
We'll see how the next round goes but my expectations aren't that high. But if KK and Suzuki can keep it up and Drouin can get going along with Domi, we're not as woefully under skilled as people make us out to be.
A55P2
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He did regress, but I always felt it wasn't so terrible, like Mike Reilly. He always had potential and at his very worst he played poorly, but not atrocious. So I'm happy to see he's doing good now. He obviously is meant to play with Petry, they just complement each other quite well.
26Mats
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Probably one of two factors or both:
We're a young team that should get better with time. The break was like a mini off season and young players tend to get better from one season to the next. Kk in particular looks like a whole different physical specimen.
Second, teams are off. Some teams start off a new season hot, then fizzle. Just because we start off this basically new season 2-1 against the Pens, doesn't mean we could eve make the playoffs over the grind of the n 82 game season.
DangerDave
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This is the Kulak we saw last year. He's been excellent.
Yes if Flyers are true to form there will be some heavy pounding of the d. Who's the 7th d?
ahmedou
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#Kulak-PressConference(20/08/09)
“We kind of did find a little bit of an identity there. We've always had the identity of we want to be a team that plays fast and use our speed, and I thought we did that well in the last couple of games. I thought we just out-worked them and we did a good job on winning out battles and moving the puck.”
“I'm pretty happy that my body was able to respond pretty good. I don't feel 100% but everyone is too. Go throught it and not able to do too much for about 10 days and get back into it. I missed days in camp. When you come in you don't expect much of yourself, just trying to get physically ready and just going there to play hockey. Just kinda let your natural instincts take over. Just excited to play the game and every games mean so much. It's fun to be out there. That energy takes over.”
“Couturier is a smart player, he knows where to be when he doesn't have the puck on his stick. He makes things happen when he has the puck. He kinda create things for them. When he has time and spaces in the Ozone, he can find the open net and create scoring chances. So for us it's just playing in his face, playing hard and not giving him any time and spaces to let him do what he wants.”
“We played well against Philadelphia. When you got Price, he's been playing at the top of his game, he gives you the chance to win. We felt pretty good throught out the last series. In Game 1, they gonna come hard.”
“We kind of did find a little bit of an identity there. We've always had the identity of we want to be a team that plays fast and use our speed, and I thought we did that well in the last couple of games. I thought we just out-worked them and we did a good job on winning out battles and moving the puck.”
“I'm pretty happy that my body was able to respond pretty good. I don't feel 100% but everyone is too. Go throught it and not able to do too much for about 10 days and get back into it. I missed days in camp. When you come in you don't expect much of yourself, just trying to get physically ready and just going there to play hockey. Just kinda let your natural instincts take over. Just excited to play the game and every games mean so much. It's fun to be out there. That energy takes over.”
“Couturier is a smart player, he knows where to be when he doesn't have the puck on his stick. He makes things happen when he has the puck. He kinda create things for them. When he has time and spaces in the Ozone, he can find the open net and create scoring chances. So for us it's just playing in his face, playing hard and not giving him any time and spaces to let him do what he wants.”
“We played well against Philadelphia. When you got Price, he's been playing at the top of his game, he gives you the chance to win. We felt pretty good throught out the last series. In Game 1, they gonna come hard.”
angusyoung
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Kulak is looking better than expected and seems to have found his role.
TheBuriedHab
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Did he see Romanov in practice and see his career flash before his eyes? Dudes been killing it these playoffs.
Habs Halifax
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This is true but we are not the only team with that type. Kulak to me has consistency issues. I would like to see a full season sample size
Habs Halifax
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Similar play that he showed down the stretch for the 18/19 season IMO. He needs to figure out how to stay consistent. Hockey IQ in your own end (especially play without the puck) is an issue a lot of guys don't figure out.
On trade discussions on the main boards... You bring up Mete and most say they rather Kulak. Others are noticing his play for sure.
Le Barron de HF
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26Mats
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Would be huge if he and Chiarot could settle in next to Weber and Petry for a few years. Wou km d give time for our young guys in the system to develop fully before coming into the NHL more seasoned at 22, 23, instead of 19 like Mete had to.
Habs Halifax
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Probably. He's not stupid and knows that the LD opening is closing a bit with Romanov coming in.
he is a very good skater for his size, and a perfect 5-6 dmen. if he becomes that, we have a solid defence
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Vachon23
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Not the biggest fan of Kulak but as #6 playing under 15 minutes, he’s making a good job
angusyoung
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Le Barron de HF
Justin make me proud
Brett Kulak is playing the mentor role in Alexander Romanov’s breakout
This article made me appreciate Kulak even more
This article made me appreciate Kulak even more
angusyoung
Back in the day, I was always horny!
I like Kulak,he shows some personalty and can articulate.
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