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Originally Posted by activeStick
I guess it depends on what you consider to be a regular NHLer because Kulak has been scratched during both the regular seasons and playoffs and for the recent playoffs, scratched for almost half of the Habs games.
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True. But in playoffs, defencemen especially get cycled in and out of the line up a lot. Either way though, he was given mire opportunity and has made use of it. Kylington could be better than kulak… he could be worse. It feels like the flames are reluctant to give him a long enough look to find out.
It was mentioned by someone above… it is difficult for creative/offensive players to perform when they are given a very short leash. They need to be confident to make plays and if they know any mistake/giveaway will see them benched for the rest of the game and out of the line up for a month+, they become reluctant to try to play to their strengths and instead play a safe, simple game. Then they end up looking to pedestrian and easily replaced by players that are older and bigger than them.
It’s not that I think younger skilled players should be given complete free-reign and allowed to play however they want. I just would like to see young players put in situations where they can succeed and where they can know that they won’t be judged harsher than a veteran who makes mistakes. There is plenty of evidence of Nesterov making costly bad plays but he’s on the ice minutes later and still in the lineup the next game.
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