Listening to the latest TSN broadcast Toronto Maple Leafs general manager Brian Burke chimed in on the future of restricted free agent Nikolai Kulemin and it wasn’t pretty for Kulemin.
Kulemin, who stands 6’1 and weighs in at 225 pounds, scored a career high 16 goals and 20 assists for 36 points—third best on an undermanned Leafs squad.
Given the Leafs lack of depth up front, head coach Ron Wilson had little choice but to use the talented Russian on the first and second line for most of the season, a promotion that Burke not only feels Kulemin didn’t earn, but is refusing to pay for going forward.
Said Burke on the topic of re-signing Kulemin: “No one would say Nikolai Kulemin is a first line winger, and I am not paying for a guy who earne ...
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