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Originally Posted by SuperMatt18
I'm not sure I agree. I think those guys have gotten handed more plush situations and Kylington was always kind of the odd man out.
Stretching back to Three seasons which is when all three guys kind of broke in, and looking at pairings >50 minutes for each of them.
Andersson is a bit different to me because he's a RH shot which was more of a need. But going back to 18-19 I feel like Valimaki and Kylington have been fighting for the same spot.
Kylington - Prout: 100 Minutes - 58.4 xGF%
Valimaki - Nesterov: 285 Minutes - 54.8 xGF%
Kylington-Valimaki: 54 Minutes - 54.3% xGF%
Valimaki - Andersson: 187 Minutes - 51.06 xGF%
Andersson-Kylington: 393 Minutes - 50.7% xGF%
Kylington - Davidson: 51 Minutes - 47.5% xGF%
Valimaki - Stone: 110 Minutes - 46.5% xGF%
Kylington-Stone: 84 Minutes - 33.0% xGF%
Kind of grouped them into the similar groupings. Outside of Valimaki doing a slightly better job of dragging Michael Stone around the ice I don't see much difference between the two guys.
Kylington has received no leash IMO. Valimaki made plenty of mistakes this season and always got another chance. Whenever Kylington makes a mistake he sits the next game.
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Yes I agree with a lot of these points. He really hasn't received the same leash as others. I'd still say Andersson and Valimaki are better prospects for the Flames, so best to fully develop those players and give them all the opportunities to succeed.
My main objection currently is the Nesterov versus Kylington debate and I feel Kylington is getting the shaft.
He has only played 6 games to Nesterov's 25. Both aren't putting up great offensive numbers at all, but Kylington is still young and developing. Flames are also 5-0-1 when he's in the lineup. I know a #6 dman doesn't move the needle in that situation, but still.
His corsi stats seem clearly better than Nesterov based on this article below. IMO Flames are a better team with him in the lineup opposed to Nesterov.
https://thewincolumn.ca/2021/03/26/b...th-defenceman/