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Originally Posted by GranteedEV
On a more face-value level, I also suspect that perhaps the relationship between Huska and Kylington has run its course - a different voice might jump-start some progression. You look at a guy like Brodie and from 18 to 22 he played for:
Todd Watson and his staff at Saginaw
Marty Williamson and his staff at Barrie
Jim Playfair and Troy Ward and their staffs in Abbotsford
Brent Sutter and his staff in Calgary
Bob Hartley and his staff in Calgary
But overall I think he must have picked up different things from those different staffs in the development process. That's only natural. The same for Kulak, who had his junior coaches and then even as a minor pro spent time in the ECHL (Unlike the less successful Wotherspoon and Culkin) before establishing a rapport with Huska.
Kylington has only heard one voice in the last three years and maybe it's time for him to hear a different one. Sometimes coaches like and dislike different parts of a player's game, or have different wrinkles that affect players differently. For established veterans, maybe it doesn't matter, but I think prospects have to take in every bit of every different coach. Jankowski took major strides in his Huska year - so I'm not saying Huska is a bad coach - but at some point Kylington (and for that matter the now forgotten Klimchuk and Poirier) could probably use a reset of sorts. A graduation to 3rd pairing duties could be that.
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Kylington had 35 points in 62 games. He also had the same amount of goals as Poirier in less games. He seems to be progressing fine.
I agree that he should be given more NHL icetime next season but it will come down to how much change there is on blueline for next season. Andersson will also be on the big club so there is 7 guys right there.
It's interesting because we have an abundance of rightside dmen, essentially 5 if you include Brodie but only 2 leftside dmen in Gio and Kulak. I feel at least one of Brodie or Stone needs to go and maybe that opens the door for another young guy.