Phion Keneuf
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Kulimen is a big part of the team. Must be re-signed, imo.
Kulemin.
Sorry, it just pisses me off lol
Kulimen is a big part of the team. Must be re-signed, imo.
It bothers me how a guy can go from being a 30 goal, 60 point player, to an offensive black hole. I guess it truly was just an anomaly. However, it is nice to know he has it in him. I think though, his niche is to be a #3 LW, who can put up 10-20 goals and 35-45 points while being a beast defensively. I'd re-sign him as long as he is asking for <= 4mil per. As long as the contract isn't > 5 years, I'd think it would be pretty moveable as well.
Kulemin.
Sorry, it just pisses me off lol
It bothers me how a guy can go from being a 30 goal, 60 point player, to an offensive black hole. I guess it truly was just an anomaly. However, it is nice to know he has it in him. I think though, his niche is to be a #3 LW, who can put up 10-20 goals and 35-45 points while being a beast defensively. I'd re-sign him as long as he is asking for <= 4mil per. As long as the contract isn't > 5 years, I'd think it would be pretty moveable as well.
Kulemin.
Sorry, it just pisses me off lol
Personally, I think he's a prime Toronto match.
I don't like the idea of trading Kulemin, but with the prospects that are coming up it might be a good idea to trade him for a high-end forward prospect that our pool is lacking. I'd move him to move up in the draft or get such a prospect, since we can give this type of player a long time to develop.
To Calgary:
TOR 1st, Nikolai Kulemin, Stuart Percy, 2015 TOR 2nd
To Toronto:
CGY 1st
0% Chance Calgary would be interested in this. Their pick is going to be extremely high and they need top end talent more than we do.
Oops, there it is!!!Less than he's worth to us.
I could see Kulemin outscoring Clarkson if he's playing with Lupul. A strong playmaker like Lupul is going to make him a lot more productive. I see him realising that with either Bolland or Kadri in the middle.
He is playing with Lupul, at the moment. It's just that clichés dominate this forum and it's going to be interesting to see how this continues.1. Kulemin likely wont play with Lupul. Randy loves to have a shutdown line, I don't see Clarkson being on the shutdown line he'll be on a scoring line with Lupul and Kadri most likely. No I dont see Kulemin outproducing Clarkson, they may have similar points but Clarkson is the better goal scorer
2. Lupul is NOT a play maker, hes a sniper.
if u wanna win it all, u dont lose players like kulemin and mcclement
this isn't basketball, players need to be good on defense to succeed which Kulemin is and all those players you mentioned are not. plus, i doubt any of the players you named have higher scoring upside than Kulemin ..
Agreed. But, you also don't pay them 3+ million. The Hawks just got rid of Bolland because they couldn't afford his salary on the third line. Raymond, who's career is very similar to Kulemin's barely found a job this year and is now at 1 M. I, personally would have a hard time justifying more than 3x3 for Kuli.
Here's a question...If you can only keep two of Bolland, Kulemin, and McClement, which two do you keep?
This is where the advanced stats guys really take over. Kulemin had the highest quality of competition for forwards in the NHL last year. The year he scored 30 with Grabovski and Mac, they were on a sheltered scoring line.
He'd score 30 again if he were given the soft minutes he had then.
There's nothing anomalous about it.
this isn't basketball, players need to be good on defense to succeed which Kulemin is and all those players you mentioned are not. plus, i doubt any of the players you named have higher scoring upside than Kulemin ..