Nikolai Kulemin and the Toronto Maple Leafs have avoided arbitration.
Toronto and the Russian winger have agreed on a two-year, $5.6 million contract.
The Maple Leafs filed for arbitration with Kulemin earlier this month, which was scheduled to begin on July 26. Kulemin made $2.2 million last season, with a salary cap hit of $2.35 million. Had the Leafs and Kulemin gone to arbitration, the team could not have paid him less than 85 per cent of his 2011-12 salary.
The 26-year-old notched just seven goals and 21 assists last season, after scoring a career-high 30 goals and 57 points in 2010-11. Taken 44th overall in the 2006 NHL Draft by the Leafs, Kulemin has spent all four of his NHL seasons with Toronto, scoring 68 goals and 84 assists in 303 career games.
– via sportsnet.ca