Stephen Whyno: The Flames have put 24-year old restricted free agent defenseman Brett Kulak on waivers. A team can claim him and not give up an asset, but they would have to go to salary arbitration on Monday.
Pat Steinberg: On the Flames putting Kulak on waivers: “Doing some digging on the Kulak/waivers situation, the play is to gain leverage if he clears. If Kulak goes unclaimed, helps Calgary’s case ahead of Monday’s arb hearing. Feel is team and player are far apart in contract talks.”
On the Ottawa Senators and Florida Panthers …
Don Brennan of the Ottawa Citizen: According to Emily Kaplan’s report on ESPN, Mike Hoffman‘s fiancee Monika Caryk has filed an application to seek disclosure of information with the Ontario Supreme Court for the harassment allegations made by Erik Karlsson and his wife.