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Originally Posted by Erick Estrada
You are bringing in advanced stats to the equation and IMO we are still in the infancy of understanding how and when they matter. I've seen some bad play from Kylington but a lot of the time he's largely unnoticeable and IMO that's not a bad thing for a defenseman. Valimaki has not passed the eye test at all this season. I don't understand why it's such a big deal to put a struggling young player in the pressbox for a game or two as nobody can deny that he's struggled.
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Honestly the numbers for both players over the last three years are somewhat similar ... Valimaki better in shot attempt splits, and xGF ... but xGA they're pretty close.
But between the two players I see Valimaki pushing his play and with that making some mistakes that come with growth. With Kylington my biggest concern is that he abandons his biggest asset (skating) when he gets the puck. He just shuts down.
I worry about his process ability.