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Originally Posted by GioforPM
Sure, I believe that they offered Kulak a two way to cover to have flexibility. But at $200K difference with maybe $800K in cap room (if Hanifin signs for, say, $4.5) with him on the roster might turn out to be a big enough deal for the Flames to send him down.
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Maybe, but if he's obviously an NHL player, and they are trying to send him down over 200K (100k vs prout), another team will pick him up off waivers for that price at the end of training camp.
Basically, if he's good enough that the obviously belongs in the NHL, he'll be there (even if it's not with the Flames), and if he's not, he's maximized his earnings from the one year he was good enough. Accepting a smaller salary for a marginally higher chance of staying in the NHL would be foolish on his part. It's not like 80% chance that he stays in the NHL at 650K vs 20% at 900k; It's maybe a 5% difference, and I'm not convinced it's actually lower as the 1 way contract and similar salary means that he's now competing more evenly for the 7th spot with Prout, instead of being the guy that get's sent down because the cost difference in real $'s is less, he might be the guy that stays up because he's judged the to be a better option to rotate in and out of the lineup.