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Originally Posted by GranteedEV
Okay let's ponder for a moment:
Shayne Gostisbehere was 19...the September right after Philly drafted him. He just made his NHL debut at 22.
Josh Morrissey has been in Winnipeg's system since the Monahan draft.... he was -8 in the AHL with 22 points in 57 games - this year.
Duncan Keith was 22 in his NHL rookie season
TJ Brodie was basically our #6D in his 21 year old rookie season
Mark Giordano was basically our #6/#7D in his 23 year old rookie season.
Johnny Boychuk finally cracked an NHL roster at age 26.
Keith Yandle was -15 as an AHL rookie. At Age 20.
PK Subban spent his entire 20 year old season in the AHL, and then found himself playing in the NHL playoffs on a team that should not have been in the playoffs because the Flames had a better record and yes this is a tangent I am still bitter about
Nicklas Lidstrom made his NHL debut at age 21
18 year old Anton Stralman was -10 in the Swedish Tier 1 League. 16 year old Kylington was +5 in the Swedish Tier 1 league.
Kylington has exactly one timeline: the timeline before we risk losing him to waivers. That is four years from now. It's the only timeline that matters.
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None of these guys really seem like good comparables for Kylington.
They are mostly guys that were behind the curve coming up to the draft and then showed enormous growth afterwards.
Kylington was coming into his draft season touted as a potential top5 pick and then fell all the way to the end of the second round.
I'm curious if there are any defensemen out there that were very highly touted coming into their draft season, fell right out of the first round and then recovered to have a strong career.
Jiri Hudler is perhaps the biggest faller I can think of that had a good career. I think he was projected to go mid first round, and fell to the end of the second.