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Originally Posted by transplant99
I swear the thought process for some is,
"I like player X and stupid management is blocking his path to making the team"
or
"Stupid coach doesnt play him even if management has kept him on the team"
When the truth is,
Both management AND coaching staff have watched this guy daily for literally years.
In games and in different situations within those games.
In practices and the various drills with different partners within those drills.
Coach after coach after coach have ALL reached the same conclusion about him.
There is something(s) in his game they simply aren't willing to gamble on a full time basis at this point.
I agree this year from limited viewing he has looked better than any time previous.
So maybe it is practice habits or a repeated mistake in certain drills, but there really will be a reason why he is or isn't getting ice time.
We simply don't know, but then turning that unknown into some silly trope that "management stifles every young guy" is patently false.
As noted before, this team has graduated a whole bunch of young guys into NHL players.
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Maybe they have their reasons, but it doesn't make them always right.
Looks like the fans has it right with Bennett. Even though I even maligned other fans for constantly wanting to pencil Bennett in on the second line.
Sometimes guys really do just need an opportunity. A proper one at that, not one that is quickly revoked.
Kylington has done nothing egregious in the context of the games that I've seen. I've noticed him more for good reasons. Including the game in Edmonton. His speed was creating opportunities and zone time. We
need that, with a blue line that isn't particularly mobile.
I personally think they're making mistakes with their approach based on what I've seen of OK. But that's me.
Maybe we're better off with Zadorov-Tanev's glowing 25 cf%. Or maybe Kylington is better slotted there. How do we know for sure if we don't see it. I sure as hell hope for Zadorov's sake that he has more to bring to the table in the 4 slot.