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Originally Posted by Bingo
The funniest thing about the Kylington (and search for damning comments in history) conversation is how pointless it is.
It's not like the player is frozen in time and people missed who he was. He improved! That happens ... players get better, players get worse, players change.
Kylington played almost 40 games in back to back seasons and averaged 13+ minutes a night. He had opportunities.
But he's a different player now. He's matured. He's making less mistakes. Heck he's even staying on his feet now compared to his first full game this season when he fell down two or three times.
Moving his feet and doing less. Makes a huge difference.
Glad the Flames didn't lose him, and glad they seem to have the coach (coaches) in place to help develop him to his strengths.
But anyone that thought Kylington wasn't all that in the last three years isn't wrong now because he's playing better. He's improved.
(side bar ... it's allowed, free country, but I hate the search history to make someone look bad stuff ... seems wanky)
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The awesome part is you can actually see the growth happening if you look closely. For example, there was a moment last night where Kylington started skating the puck out of the d-zone. He took the first two strong steps and where in the past he would have buried his head and tried to skate the puck through everyone (and it even looks like he was about to try that), he instead picked his head up and head manned the puck.
It's a small thing but a huge thing in the context of his growth. Instead of having to dump the puck in with his teammates stopped at the blue or losing the puck in the neutral zone it turned into a decent zone entry.
Really cool to watch that IMO.