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Originally Posted by Bingo
Cap management has shifted to the bottom half of the roster in recent seasons
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I disagree with this. This isn't cap management, it's budget management.
Kulak, statistically, doesn't have much going for him in an arbitration case. Lowest TOI out of all NHL regular defenders, 8 points, a minus player. Start looking at RFA comparables for him and I doubt you'll find anyone making much more than 750K.
The one thing he did have going for him was 71 games played, enough for an arbitrator to see that as an "NHL player" and potentially give him a one-way contract. Something I don't think the team wants to do.