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Originally Posted by Sandman
No disrespect to Jiri or any of Kylington's other detractors here, but I watch him closely when he's on the ice (because I didn't like him when we drafted him), and I always like his game. His problem to me seems to be that he doesn't really bother trying anything offensively, cuz he's too afraid of screwing up, but he's usually good in his own zone, and seems to get the puck moving the other way pretty efficiently. Then it seems like he'll make an egregious error every handful of games that gets him benched again-the kind of error that other D make, and get a free pass. I dunno, maybe I need to watch more closely.....
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Yup.
In order to generate offense in the NHL you need to be willing to take a risk, instead of always playing safe.
But for Kylington it's tough to take a risk when you know that any mistake ends up with you back in the press box.