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Originally Posted by redpaint
How did kylington play? It looks like he had a pretty solid but quiet game on the score sheet with 13min TOI.
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He made some decent plays in the offensive zone. Got walked around once in the defensive zone. Overall he looked like a rookie. Didn't standout to me as great or horrible. He shows promise but Valimaki is ahead of him currently and has the bigger upside IMO. Valimaki is bigger and stronger but both have good puck skills.
We're very strong on the left with Gio, Hanifin and Valimaki. All 3 of those guys are top pairing (Gio) or have top pairing potential IMO (Hanifin/Valimaki). Kylington is unlikely to beat out any of those 3. But injuries are inevitable and he can be worked in slowly when injuries do hit. Good depth to have.
We really have an embarrassment of riches on the blue line. Not shocking a former blue liner in Treliving would make that a priority. I know some doubted his work when Hamonic was average for us last year and our scoring sucked but I think Hamonic's play this year shows that deal was just fine. And now Treliving has improved our scoring depth as well and there's still room for improvement IMO. We're 5th in goals for at the moment and that's with Bennett, Neal and Czarnik all being a bit snake bit.
Great time to be a Flames fan. Everything has fallen into place a lot better this season.