Confirmed Signing with Link: [CGY] Brett Kulak arbitration award (1 year, $900k)

[Taytro]

Flames' Brett Kulak: Awarded one-year deal



1 way deal.

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[belair]

So waiving him made sense how?

 

[Volica]

So waiving him made sense how?

No harm, no foul.
Settled at a reasonable cap hit for team and player.

 

[Skinnyjimmy08]

1 way? Bizzare...

Im sure he will still be in the minors though

 

[Volica]

1 way? Bizzare...

Im sure he will still be in the minors though

No reason to have him down there; perfect 6/7 guy in Calgary. Not like you're ruining his development at 25 having him take some pressbox games.

 

[Newusername]

buryable, hopefully andersson/ valimaki gives him some competition for that 6/7 spot

 

[Skinnyjimmy08]

No reason to have him down there; perfect 6/7 guy in Calgary. Not like you're ruining his development at 25 having him take some pressbox games.

Ya true enough

 

[Potty John]

He’s a good 6 d-man but doesn’t have much more run way to develop. I imagine someone will take his spot by seasons end along with Michael Stone.

 

[CraigsList]

Decent. Really liked his play, but if he wants to ever become a top 4 defenseman it'd be wise for him to move on to a rebuilding team.

 

[Duck Off]

Didn’t this guy clear waivers? Seems a bit high of an award if so.

 

[Tasteless Beaver]

Didn’t this guy clear waivers? Seems a bit high of an award if so.

I agree. Guy was making $650k, QO of $700k, gets waived after, no one takes him, and gets $900k on a 1-way contract. He won this one.

 

[OvermanKingGainer]

Didn’t this guy clear waivers? Seems a bit high of an award if so.

He cleared waivers because no one knew what his arbitration ask was and no one had the time to make a last-minute arbitration case (in fact, someone here on HF suggested the ask could well be in the 2.5 to 3.0M range). If he were waived tomorrow with his contract in place, plenty of teams claim him. He was a very good #5 defenseman for us last year.

 

[Tasteless Beaver]

I heard the ask was 1.15M....

Upon further examination, this arbitration number is again exactly half-way between the two figures. Kulak wins by getting the 1-way.

 

[Snakepit]

Perfect. Kept it under a million. I'd say his agent screwed up getting him more than vValimaki or Anderson. Now if either of them impress in camp again it's yet another reason to bury Kulak.

He's a good bottom pairing guy but pretty much the definition of replaceable

 

[Michel Beauchamp]

Calgary accepts ?

Did they have the choice ?

Isn't there a minimum under which they can't decline an award ?

It's late and I might confuse this with something else...

 

[Zirakzigil]

Calgary accepts ?

Did they have the choice ?

Isn't there a minimum under which they can't decline an award ?

It's late and I might confuse this with something else...

There is a minimum award value that has to be exceed before a team can decline. There was never a doubt of him being at a level the Flames would have to accept.