More Underrated? [Gunnar or Kule]

[Jtabo]

Gunnarson is a 3rd pair playing 1st pair, Kulie is a two-way top 6 forward, playing bottom 6. One would think if we were to lose one (to say injury) the effect of losing a guy playing your 1st pair would be felt more than a guy in your bottom 6. However, last night without Kulie, I noticed a bigger hole than last year when Gunnar was out.

IMHO, Gunnar gets severly overrated around here, he is easily replaceable, and nothing special. Kulie brings a lot to this team, but seems to have some haters because he hasn't repeated his 30 goal season (which in all honesty was a fluke).

 

[namttebih]

Let's just get this over with and trade them both to Detroit for Smith and Abdelkader. A couple of good ole NA boys. They like the Euros down there

 

[Phion Keneuf]

Kule is much more underrated. Gunnarsson is a #4 guy who can slot anywhere

 

[Christ]

gunnar is OVERRATED on these boards, so this makes no sense

We have a winner.

 

[Tak7]

Gunnarson is an average Dman who plays a lot of minutes on this team.

Kulemin offers a lot without scoring goals.

Hardly a toss-up. Kulemin hands down

 

[jakapono24]

Gunnarson isn't really a top pairing guy, I suppose, but he's played against a high quality of competition for the past few years (and has handled it fairly well). Certainly that's worth something. Kulemin, in my opinion, is a top 6 forward who had a bad season two years ago and has ever since been relegated to being on the checking line. If the question was "pick one for this team" I would have to take Gunnarson, however, since this defence core is really shallow. But, like a lot of you, in a vacuum, I would take Kulemin.