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Originally Posted by ricardodw
There is an an http://www.hockeysfuture.com/article...ington-sweden/alysis of Kylington's performance at the u18 tourney. That would have been December 2014 when he was ranked top 5 in the draft and #1 Euro skater
There is a video in the article of his ice time at a pre-tourney game U20 against Canada. He had just over 10 minutes of ice time. I can not see how anyone can break down his play in that game and not be underwhelmed. There were zero positive plays by him in the game. McDavid went around him a couple of times. Duclair took the puck away from him 1 on 1 in an unforced error. He had 2 scary plays around his own net. He was behind his own net as Canada scored a crease goal. He panic passed a rebound to the point that ended up in a Canadian goal. On a Swedish PP he got caught up in the offensive zone that led to a Canadian 2 on 1 short handed chance.
There was no evidence that he was a superior skater. He did not carry the puck up the ice any time ... I was kind of expecting at least one Brodie-like attempt
The Flames must think that he was never coached and that they can teach him hockey. They better have a good working relationship with his Swedish coach or get him to Brandon.. He would be way over matched playing in the AHL but at least the Flames would be able to coach him directly. |
You analysis is flawed. The golden rule of scouting is never place too much importance on a single game or tournament.
First off, the picked him with the 60th pick, not the 1st. Of course there's flaws to his game if he's picked the last pick of the second round.
Secondly, do you not think they've seen him play outside one tournament in order to judge the player?
Your laser focus on a single tournament is ridiculous in assessing this player, and your expectations of what a late second rounder should be are worse