Kuhlman, who was named the Frozen Four MVP after Minnesota-Duluth's recent title, attended last year's Development Camp as a camp invite.
"He's a kid that I've personally been tracking for a while," said Bruins Director of Player Development Jamie Langenbrunner. "He's from my area [in Minnesota], I've known him for a long time."
Langenbrunner has identified Kuhlman as a player with the potential to be very valuable to the organization.
"One: his attention to detail," Langenbrunner said of what has impressed him about Kuhlman thus far. "He's a kid that plays a pro-style game in the way he positions himself, uses his body, gets pucks out on walls. He's a winner. He's been on a national championship, captain at Minnesota-Duluth, was in the finals the year before, had great playoffs.
"Came into Providence at the end of the year and was a good player there. He chipped in right away, put up some points and looked like a pro as a guy stepping in."
In his second go-around at Development Camp, Kuhlman is thankful for another opportunity to make his mark in front of the Bruins Brass.
"Had a great experience at development camp last summer," said Kuhlman, who notched 13 goals and 7 assists in 44 games for UMD last season. "Knew this was a first-class organization. Somewhere that I can definitely see myself and was fortunate enough to have a good enough year to end up signing."
The Minnesota-native believes he can bring a complete game and competitive mindset to the Bruins organization.
"I think I bring the 200-foot player to the table," said Kuhlman. "I take pride in the defensive zone as well as chipping in on offense as much as possible and I just want to be the hardest worker every day. I think it's a privilege to come to the rink every day and I want to give nothing but 100% every time I'm in the rink. Hopefully push the other guys around me to do so as well."
Langenbrunner echoed that sentiment.
"He's a good guy that helps your team," said Langenbrunner. "Character kid, when I asked him to come to Development Camp he said, 'Absolutely.' He wanted to be here. That's what you want on your team and he's going to push guys to be better."
