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Originally Posted by GioforPM
Another team could already have picked him up. Granted, the salary wasn't set, but it was sure predictable - most people here pegged it.
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Sure, but there's a massive difference between middle of summer and end of training camp, even if he had a contract already set. Right now most teams are waiting for training camp to see what they have in their young and acquired players. There are very few bottom pairing defensemen that wouldn't pass through waivers right now. No reason to pick up a player off waivers and be forced to keep a player in the NHL the entire season when you have 1/2 the summer left yet. There will be a few teams who don't like what they see during training camp. Those are the teams that will snag a player like Kulak if he demonstrates that he is a NHL player during training camp.