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Originally Posted by saillias
Gudbranson is one thing but that seems like an inevitability, I'm more surprised Sutter has Valimaki ahead of Kylington. Don't think he had a good preseason plus it seems like Sutter slams his game every time he gets asked about him in a presser.
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This.
Ignore Gudbranson and Zadorov for a second...those guys were always playing game 1 with Sutter as head coach.
The bigger surprise is Kylington 100% earned this over Valimaki in pre-season, and deserved to dress game 1 for that reason alone.
Also it could be quite possible that they just didn't want to eat into the cap space to have to call up a replacement for game 1 for Coleman's suspension, and they like Kylington more on the wing than they like Valimaki on the wing. Probably not just a coincidence that Kylington has practiced as a winger at times this week, instead of as an extra d-man.