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Originally Posted by 1qqaaz
Kylington is nowhere near as good as Wotherspoon defensively. I'd be shocked if Kylington maintained an NHL spot over Wotherspoon.
As someone who watched/listened to most of the Heat games, I was pleased with Kylington.
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Originally Posted by Flames Draft Watcher
None of the three you mentioned are close to making the NHL IMO.
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While from a purely polish/defensive viewpoint, both you guys are correct, I wonder how much that really matters in Treliving's eyes. You can't substitute raw offensive talent. Oliver Ekman-Larsson was a comparable prospect to Kylington talent-wise at the same age, and Maloney/Treliving got him into 48 NHL games as a 19 year old.
On the other hand we have a lot of offensive blue line talent where we don't need to rush Kylington the way OEL might have been fast-tracked. But that is also a barrier for Wotherspoon, who needs to be almost perfect defensively as he's giving you almost zero offensively. He can't cheese his way onto the lineup by punching face either.
Now, my preference would be to keep Kylington under 10GP anyways, whereas Wotherspoon is waiver eligible and there is that mild risk of losing him.