Brett Kulak is a really good development success story for the Flames. Once thought of as somewhat of a “project”, the 2012 fourth round pick is coming off his first season spent entirely in the NHL. At 24, Kulak has proven he belongs in the NHL full-time as he heads into summer contract negotiations. As such, the pending RFA is very much deserving of his first one-way NHL deal.
Today’s breakdown of Kulak’s contract situation serves as our second free agent profile this summer; we took a closer look at pending RFAs Jon Gillies and David Rittich last week.