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Originally Posted by Geeoff
Yeah, if I'm Kulak, I'm looking for a new agent. All he's done is hurt Kulak's relationship with the team and damage his chances of playing 82 NHL games this season.
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How do you know that?
If the Flames were not budging on a two-way contract, and Kulak caved in and signed it, that would likely damage his chances a lot more. At least for playing in Calgary.
Right now the team has, effectively, 6 one-way contracts. If Kulak signed a two-way contract and some prospect made the jump, he would appear to be the odd man out. Unless he too clearly outperformed Prout at training camp. But as much as we like to pretend that the Flames are okay sending down Prout at 800K if Andersson makes the team, spending that additional 800K in the AHL is not something they take lightly.
Having Kulak on a two-way contract provides the flexibility to send him down without costing the team close to a million dollars if Valimaki or Anderson do make the team.
Again, I was pretty adamant that the hold up was a one-way or two-way contract so I'm not surprised to see that the Flames submitted a two-way contract.
I strongly think this is a case where Kulak would have happily signed an 800K, one way contract while the Flames would have happily signed an 900K, two-way contract. But since neither had cracked, it's up to arbitration.