Brett Kulak deserves his flowers for his time with the Oilers
On Friday morning, the Edmonton Oilers traded Brett Kulak in a package to land Tristan Jarry. It’s certainly a bittersweet trade. As frustrating as Stuart Skinner was at times, he was still an incredibly likable player who was great at his best, as well as durable. Kulak was a cap casualty and replaced by a similar player in Spencer Stastney, albeit much younger. When the Oilers acquired Kulak ahead of the 2022 trade deadline, they were on a run of four consecutive years of failing to get out of the first round (or just missing the playoffs outright). By bringing the left-shot defenceman in, they acquired a top-four defenceman, and he went off.In the final 18 games of the season, Kulak scored two goals and eight points in 18 games and proved to be valuable in the 2022 postseason, picking up five assists in 16 games. Midway through the........