Kylington's been probably the most intriguing prospect to me of the last two drafts.
Dug through Caged's 2nd half vid for every one of his shifts (#58 in white).
Shift 1 - Out of camera on faceoff
Shift 2 - Subbing in for Kanzig (#73)
Shift 3 - Remember when Engelland had that hellishly long 2-3 minute shift due to icing and being on the far side of the ice? Kylington soldiered on.
Shift 4
Shift 5 - 3 on 3
Shift 6 - 3 on 3 (spinnorama around Tuulola)
Oliver reminds me strongly of Erik Karlsson in the way he makes nice exits or passes out of the defensive zone even under pressure and multiple forecheckers, using that great vision of his - and also in the way he uses his skating to get out of trouble if caught up-ice.
In this video, Karlsson is beat by
all three Sharks forwards. With his incredible skating however, he is able to make it back in position to take his guy. Kylington has acceleration and top end speed very reminiscent of his countryman Norris-winner. I see similarities in their strides as well.
Link
The Flames currently have their top 3 set for the next few years. This gives Calgary the leisure of being able to let Kylington ripen to their schedule rather than forcing him into the lineup early like the Oilers.
Will be following his performance next year very closely. I'm not terribly concerned over his offensive production in the AHL either:
Giordano's 1st professional season: 20 yrs old, 66GP - 6g 10a 16p
Kylington's 1st professional season: 19 yrs old, 47GP - 5g 7a 12p
Also, NHL 14 seems to think he hits like Shea Weber. Yay.