Hearing its being used as a negotiation technique, but could also mean either Valimaki or Kylington is ready in their eyes.
lol I was thinking similarly. He's a lot like Byron in that he's a bottom rotation guy, but he's a pretty good bottom rotation guy. Losing him isn't necessarily the end of the world, unless they replace him with someone worse (which is certainly possible, and did happen when the Flames lost Byron).Nothing bad has ever happened with Brad Treliving waiving a guy, right?
Yeah it's negotiation technique but I am fairly confident Ollie or Vali take his spot at camp this year, Ollie should have last year he played better than him.
Now just move Stone and go with two rooks on the bottom pairing.
In fairness, Byron had shown a lot more than Kulak has.lol I was thinking similarly. He's a lot like Byron in that he's a bottom rotation guy, but he's a pretty good bottom rotation guy. Losing him isn't necessarily the end of the world, unless they replace him with someone worse (which is certainly possible, and did happen when the Flames lost Byron).
In fairness, Byron had shown a lot more than Kulak has.
In fairness, Byron had shown a lot more than Kulak has.
Byron also played for an NHL caliber coach who generally got the most out of depth players not named Bollig.
Under Gully we managed to turn Mangiapane from an AHL point producer into a 0pt scrub, Bennett from a 38pt guy on the upswing into a 26 pt guy regularily found on the trade board for team's junk so he can get a "change of scenery", Jankowski from a pass first playmaker into an 8 assist guy, a better Kylington got into fewer games, Shinkaruk fell off the map despite looking like a potential poor man's Hudler the year prior, etc.
Gulutzan might be the worst coah ever for young players.
Despite that Kulak was pretty dominant for his role and carried his pairing.
Byron also played for an NHL caliber coach who generally got the most out of depth players not named Bollig.
Under Gully we managed to turn Mangiapane from an AHL point producer into a 0pt scrub, Bennett from a 38pt guy on the upswing into a 26 pt guy regularily found on the trade board for team's junk so he can get a "change of scenery", Jankowski from a pass first playmaker into an 8 assist guy, a better Kylington got into fewer games, Shinkaruk fell off the map despite looking like a potential poor man's Hudler the year prior, etc.
Gulutzan might be the worst coach ever for young players. Did not trust anyone who wasn't a 29 year old scrub and set kids up to fail.
Despite that Kulak was pretty dominant for his role and carried his pairing.
I mean Tkachuk was thrown out to the wolves early and did well, so I mean there is that. But for the most part, our younger players did pretty poorly under him.
Yeah it's negotiation technique but I am fairly confident Ollie or Vali take his spot at camp this year, Ollie should have last year he played better than him.
Now just move Stone and go with two rooks on the bottom pairing.
Despite that Kulak was pretty dominant for his role and carried his pairing.
Gif game on point, but I wouldn't be surprised at all if Valimaki and Andersson were better than Kulak and Stone. Stone is an idiot most of the time and has terrible breakout ability, and Kulak is decent but not irreplaceable.The way it sounds:
The way it'll actually be:
The way it sounds:
The way it'll actually be:
Kulak is fine. He's an ok #6, might end up an ok #5. #4 is absolute ceiling but I doubt it. Issue is Andersson is a player with a much higher ceiling, and honestly will probably be better this season, and I think he makes the team .
Because those ten games are a HUGE sample size of Mangiapane's capacity to play in the NHL. He's done, he's a scrub forever now. Just like Brett Kulak is a bonified NHL defenceman after one NHL season where he played 71 games, and 101 total.Byron also played for an NHL caliber coach who generally got the most out of depth players not named Bollig.
Under Gully we managed to turn Mangiapane from an AHL point producer into a 0pt scrub, Bennett from a 38pt guy on the upswing into a 26 pt guy regularily found on the trade board for team's junk so he can get a "change of scenery", Jankowski from a pass first playmaker into an 8 assist guy, a better Kylington got into fewer games, Shinkaruk fell off the map despite looking like a potential poor man's Hudler the year prior, etc.
Gulutzan might be the worst coach ever for young players. Did not trust anyone who wasn't a 29 year old scrub and set kids up to fail.
Despite that Kulak was pretty dominant for his role and carried his pairing.