[Cali Panthers Fan]

^Two words: High. Risk.

Yeah, he has skills to add on offense, but he actually has to produce something when he makes those plays because if it doesn't, those high risk plays where guys end up out of position lead to odd-man rushes the other way and high danger chances.

When you're offensively challenged the way the Flames are, you need to limit those chances as much as possible. If the risk from Kylington doesn't lead to any positive impact on the scoresheet, you can't play him ahead of guys that won't necessarily add anything on offense either, but will definitely help keep the puck out of the net.

From my viewing of his limited ice time, he took chances, but when he was checked he struggled to make anything happen, and if he had turned it over at that point, it would have been a good chance for the Oilers the other way.

It's a balancing act with a player like him. Now the one thing you can say for sure is that if he doesn't play regular minutes, he'll never develop enough experience or confidence to make a risky play in the right situation while limiting the defensive downside. My hope is that he gets in on a semi-regular basis to develop that, but when Valimaki and Gudbranson played as well as they did last game, there's not much opportunity for him to play.