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Leafs file for arbitration with Kulemin (Settlement reached, 2 years, 2.8 AAV)

L K said:
2.8 based on last season isn't great.  He was good defensively but his offense dried up.  But based on his ability and where he should hopefully rebound to, that could be a steal for two years.
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The thing is though, he was getting chances, he was in a position to score, but nothing was going in...

Kind of reminds me of the old John Olerud slump - where he's hitting his trademark hard line drives but right at the fielders.
 
Thing is, it's not even like he really needs to rebound that much for it to be a good deal. If he scored, say, 15 goals and 40 points then 2.8 million would be about right considering what else he brings to the table.
 
Joe S. said:
Kind of reminds me of the old John Olerud slump - where he's hitting his trademark hard line drives but right at the fielders.
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Or the old Damon Stoudamire slump, where he was shooting the ball at the basket, but it was just not going in.
 
Nik? said:
Thing is, it's not even like he really needs to rebound that much for it to be a good deal. If he scored, say, 15 goals and 40 points then 2.8 million would be about right considering what else he brings to the table.
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Pretty much. Given where contracts are at these days, $2.8M is 2nd/3rd line tweener money.
 
bustaheims said:
Nik? said:
Thing is, it's not even like he really needs to rebound that much for it to be a good deal. If he scored, say, 15 goals and 40 points then 2.8 million would be about right considering what else he brings to the table.
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Pretty much. Given where contracts are at these days, $2.8M is 2nd/3rd line tweener money.
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Agree.  This is a fair price, and if he rebounds even a little to the year before levels, it will be good value.
 
skippy said:
Joe S. said:
Kind of reminds me of the old John Olerud slump - where he's hitting his trademark hard line drives but right at the fielders.
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Or the old Damon Stoudamire slump, where he was shooting the ball at the basket, but it was just not going in.
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I don't know about this basket-a-ball

 
AvroArrow said:
Perhaps a mod can rename the thread?

@DarrenDreger: Following up on @FriedgeHNIC. Kulemin settles on 2 year deal with Leafs.

Reportedly 5.6M total.
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$5.6 mil per year.... Fletcher handled this negotiation. Thought he was signing Malkin.
 
Good to hear. He's becoming one of my favourites on the team. Mostly because of stuff like this:
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qICIksg6M3M[/youtube]

and this:
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kJDaFaIwXGA[/youtube]
 
Zanzibar Buck-Buck McFate said:
bustaheims said:
Nik? said:
Thing is, it's not even like he really needs to rebound that much for it to be a good deal. If he scored, say, 15 goals and 40 points then 2.8 million would be about right considering what else he brings to the table.
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Pretty much. Given where contracts are at these days, $2.8M is 2nd/3rd line tweener money.
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Agree.  This is a fair price, and if he rebounds even a little to the year before levels, it will be good value.
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Bang on guys.  $2.8 MIL for Kulemin who is one of the most complete players on the Leafs.  If he scores 15 goals along with everything else he brings including the 100+ hits he throws then this deal will even look better.  The guy is also built like a tank.

I am very high on Kulemin and hopes he retires a Leaf.
 
Joe S. said:
skippy said:
Joe S. said:
Kind of reminds me of the old John Olerud slump - where he's hitting his trademark hard line drives but right at the fielders.
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Or the old Damon Stoudamire slump, where he was shooting the ball at the basket, but it was just not going in.
Click to expand...

I don't know about this basket-a-ball
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I wonder what happened to Honus Joglund?
 
As with quite a few others, he's been one of my favourite players.  Can do almost anything on the ice I think.  Maybe not at an elite level, but he seems to be able to do a bit of everything well - knows how to play D, forechecks, uses his body, has a heavy shot, works hard.  His possession numbers have been very good (possibly due to playing with Grabovski, but perhaps it is a chicken-egg scenario), and he had some pretty bad luck scoring wise last season.  I don't think he'll be a 30 goal guy (that was also a lucky season IMO), but he should be good for 15-20 and a very solid all-around game.

Glad he's staying.
 
Significantly Insignificant said:
Looking at that video, it appears that Kulemin just wasn't going to the net as much this year.
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I think though that it's probably more about the decreased effectiveness of that line as a whole though. When I watch that I see Kulemin scoring a ton of goals from in close because Mac/Grabo are playing so well with the puck and he can be that loose guy.
 
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