GoldenKnight
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Addison looks to be a good gamble. Kulemin was a solid middle sixer at his peak, hopefully he can bring some veteran presence to this Sens team and make a push in camp.
PTO: [OTT] G Dustin Tokarski, D Calen Addison, and F Nikolay Kulemin sign PTOs with the Senators; Keean Washkurak and Michael Simpson invited to camp
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Russian ruble declining so he probably wants to be paid in USD again.
Agree with your post but Kulemin has been playing in the KHL this whole time, he isn’t coming from an actual layoff.
Holy f*** do the Sens ever love an ex-Leaf.
Grabbo Mac and Kuli were one of the best lines to watch back in the day.
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Well if we replaced Brannstrom @ 2M (his Sens qualifying offer) with league minimum Brannstrom, that is all good.
by some Wild fans. Thats about it AFAIK. against all evidence some still do.
Addison looked assured with the puck in the O zone, especially on the PP, and consistently made good decisions. That's not nothing. Since he was young, it was thought that he could improve his defensive game somewhat, and become a PP/3rd RHD(which are always in demand). As things progressed in MN, there were mutterings that Addison wasn't improving, or taking coaching well. I mean, he had Jared Spurgeon, a tiny but superb two way RHD on the same team to learn from, but his game didn't seem to change.
If he could improve on his puck retrievals at ES then he could be good on breakouts. The guy knows how to pass. He just seems weirdly passive in the D zone. He's not like a Klingberg, who can do all sorts of stuff athletically, but makes all sorts of weird decisions leading to mistakes. Addison just sort of disappears. I wonder if it's partly a confidence issue at this point.
People on here are reveling on shitting on him(because it's easy), w/o acknowledging that he does some things significantly better than most Dmen in the league. That's got to be worth giving him another chance, though why the hell it would be OTT is beyond me. I guess he and Kleven could be a Yin/Yang pair together at some time in the future?
If he could improve on his puck retrievals at ES then he could be good on breakouts. The guy knows how to pass. He just seems weirdly passive in the D zone. He's not like a Klingberg, who can do all sorts of stuff athletically, but makes all sorts of weird decisions leading to mistakes. Addison just sort of disappears. I wonder if it's partly a confidence issue at this point.
People on here are reveling on shitting on him(because it's easy), w/o acknowledging that he does some things significantly better than most Dmen in the league. That's got to be worth giving him another chance, though why the hell it would be OTT is beyond me. I guess he and Kleven could be a Yin/Yang pair together at some time in the future?
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Hamonic, JBD, and Addison will battle it out for the 3-RD positon I guess. One will end up being a 7D (my guess is Hamonic), and the other likely let go on sent to the AHL (my guess is Addison).
It very much looks like Kleven is going to slot in to the 3-LD position, but there's basically no LD after him.If When Chabot gets injured, it's really thin on that side. I would have preferred to give a PTO to a lefty for that reason.
It very much looks like Kleven is going to slot in to the 3-LD position, but there's basically no LD after him.
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Kulemin is still playing? I apparently missed this bit of news and now the joke about Kulemin on the Pens board makes sense.
I remember most of us wanted him to sign with the Penguins becaue he and Geno were from the same hometown and were good mates as well, but that contract he signed with the Isles was just too much, but it would have been cool, I think Kulemin would have had some very good numbers on Geno's wing.
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Good post. The bolded is so strange, most sens fans have never watched him either but they all have strong opinions. Its an interesting phenomenon. He is only 24 and has some raw ability and its a PTO so there is no risk. He has a connection to Ben Sexton and Ottawa is pretty light on the right side its a place that makes sense for him to give it a shot.
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Not surprised, but man that's a shame
Would have been so cool to see him in the NHL again
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Wonder if Kulemin signs an AHL deal with Toronto or Ottawa if the entire thing is for his kids hockey development.
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Kulemin looked a lot better than I expected. I wouldn’t have been surprised if he found his way into the bottom 6. The marlies should pick him up.
