The 2017-18 season has come and gone for the Calgary Flames. Now that the season is complete, several players are on expiring contracts. Between restricted, unrestricted and draft-related free agents, Flames management has to make decisions on 24 players over the next several months.
We’ve taken our crack at making the decisions for them.
Restricted free agents
D Brett Kulak
Kulak gets a $715,000 qualifying offer, but he’s a no-brainer to qualify. He has arbitration rights, but he hasn’t been in a role where he’s put up showy numbers and he’s only really been a full-time NHL player for a year so he wouldn’t have much of a case for a big payday regardless.