Quoting: Wreckless
Depth. You always need more D than you think. And he’s better than Mete. You have the cap space. Ottawa could be sneaky good this year if key players stay healthy.
Thomas Chabot
Jake Sanderson (will join the team after college season)
Erik Brannstrom (he's not RD like listed on CF)
Tyler Kleven (how many years away?)
stop gaps :
Michael Del Zotto
Victor Mete
Nick Holden
Dillon Heatherington
Jonathan Aspirot
Even if you don't count Sanderson and Kleven (still very young), there's already 7 D-men who could play LD this season. LD and LW are the 2 positions already logjammed, for the rest it will depend (goalie position will be logjammed for the foreseeable future too)
Mete has played really well after being claimed by the Sens. Maybe it's the change of scenery, different expectations but he was playing pretty safe, using his speed and making smart plays
Even if Kulak was better, he would just add to the logjam. The LD situation in Ottawa is Chabot-Sanderson for the foreseeable future. They expect those 2 to give them near 50 minutes of quality per game... There's no need for a lot of LD depth. They don't want to play Brannstrom on RD for technical reasons so he might be the odd-man out because he'll need top-4 minutes to realize his potential. Not sure how they'll manage Tyler Kleven but he looks like a beast in the making