Kelly McCrimmon:
would call it a calculated risk in picking Kylington (in the CHL import draft)
thinks if Kylington would be one of the top d-men in the WHL - so that part of it was easy
with his contract situation, they are going to need some things to fall into place if he ever is going to be a Brandon Wheat King
he is under contract in Sweden with his team - so he would need to be signed by the Flames, then the Flame would have to make arrangements with Sweden where they wanted him to play in North America
from that point he would be given an opportunity in all likelyhood to play in the AHL
depending on where the Flames and Oliver's representatives felt was going to be best for his development they would then make the decision if he would continue to play in the AHL or WHL
so there are a number of things that have to happen for him to play for the Wheat Kings, but doesn't think it is impossible for those things to happen
edit: reading between the lines it looks like McCrimmon is hoping for a Backlund type situation, where things don't go well in Sweden and the Flames bring Kylington to North America
Last edited by sureLoss; 07-01-2015 at 05:08 AM.
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