Nikolai Kulemin Appreciation

[KessMeRandy]

I don't care what Steve Simmonds said. Nikolai Kulemin should be playing on the Leafs second line with Joffrey Lupul and Nazem Kadri. That would be a magical scoring/two way play line. And yes, I know he only has five points this season (in 15 games). That's okay, he's been checking. I can also comprehend numbers, so you don't need to point any out to me that make it "so obvious that he shouldn't be on the Leafs" or that "he sucks ass lol" or that "we should package him cause hes useless". The Kulemin bashers are the worst of Leaf fans because they can't understand how valuable (AND YES I MEAN THE ACTUAL WORD VALUABLE, AS IN MONEY AND PRODUCTION AND ROLE CONSIDERED) he is to the Leafs. He can play first, second or third line and HAS DONE SO. This is a thread for the people who appreciate him, and realize that the reason that other teams want him so badly and always propose trades for him is because he's A GOOD PLAYER. Appreciate away.

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[Glenn Isildur Healy]

Said it since Day 1

Lots didn't want to hear it

Its almost like everyone forgot how amazing Lupul, Kadri, Kulemin were last season. Automatically, everyone wanted to plug in David Clarkson

Kulemin does everything better than Clarkson

 

[p.l.f.]

He seems to be aging quickly lol

 

[KessMeRandy]

He seems to be aging quickly lol

i'll take this with a grain of salt given your picture depicts Clarkson as something comparable to Wendel Clark

 

[p.l.f.]

i'll take this with a grain of salt given your picture depicts Clarkson as something comparable to Wendel Clark

Nah Wendel was the man
But he was Clarkson's idol don't you know

 

[BodaciousBeefBazooka]

What has he really done this season? Way overrated and over appreciated on here

 

[KessMeRandy]

Nah Wendel was the man
But he was Clarkson's idol don't you know

haha i know brother I'm actually a Clarkson fan. THAT TERM DOOEEEE

 

[KessMeRandy]

What has he really done this season? Way overrated and over appreciated on here

emma roberts is overrated bro. watson > roberts

 

[BodaciousBeefBazooka]

emma roberts is overrated bro. watson > roberts

Watson looks like a boy with that pixie cut or whatever she has. Not very attractive at all homie. If a guy likes Emma Watson he def has poor taste in women lol

 

[HellasLEAF]

they should absolutely swap Kulemin and Clarkson

 

[KessMeRandy]

Watson looks like a boy with that pixie cut or whatever she has. Not very attractive at all homie. If a guy likes Emma Watson he def has poor taste in women lol

if you're a Harry Potter fan that's blasphemous. And I am.

 

[Diatomic]

they should absolutely swap Kulemin and Clarkson

They did, Clarkson is now demoted to the 3rd line due to his lack of chemistry with Kadri. Now its Raymond - Kadri - Kulemin as the 2nd line.

 

[KessMeRandy]

They did, Clarkson is now demoted to the 3rd line due to his lack of chemistry with Kadri. Now its Raymond - Kadri - Kulemin as the 2nd line.

yeah miss lupes

 

[LeafsMonster]

What has he really done this season? Way overrated and over appreciated on here

Never given enough credit for his role here or in media. He plays great on a checking line and great on a secondary scoring line. People said grabo played with 100% heart, kuli plays with just as much an it is often overlooked because he's not scoring goals. Its usually these types of players that are so underappreciated and underrated because they're not as flashy.

 

[Babscocks]

I don't think Kulemin should be on the second line, I think he's well suited on the third line where he is. 16 goals in his last 130 or so games, the guy just doesn't have any finish anymore. Not that I think Clarkson deserves to be on the second line anymore than Kulemin does but I think if we ever had a consistent line of Clarkson-Kadri-Lupul we would see Clarkson compliments those two better. Kulemin has an awesome cycle game but I feel with the way Kadri and Lupul can play around with the puck Clarksons better suited as the net presence, just his grit he'll hack away at the puck a lot more.

 

[Crispy Crust]

They did, Clarkson is now demoted to the 3rd line due to his lack of chemistry with Kadri. Now its Raymond - Kadri - Kulemin as the 2nd line.

Let's hope our superstar 3rd liner can get going now.