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Originally Posted by Textcritic
With how well Kylington is playing I remain mystified about how jaded some posters are about the fact he played so sparingly last year.
Did his limited showings have any negative impact AT ALL on his development? It sure doesn't seem like it.
Did his time on the bench and practicing with the tam last year help him to get to the point he is playing at today? We don't know, but this sure does not seem implausible.
Did his low number of NHL games help the Flames to ensure he was not a casualty in the expansion draft? This also seems quite likely.
Some of you guys need to get over it. Kylington looks like an emerging top-four defensemen, and the Flames seem to have handled his development very well.
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That's accurate in many ways but also takes away from the fact that Kylington could have very well been doing exactly what he's doing now, last season and made an impact on the team then, or could have been claimed by another team and doing what he's doing now for them instead.
It's worked out, but his development the last 12-18 months has hardly been handled well. I'd call it more like the Flames lucked out after waiving a player and essentially putting him on ice for the year last year. All the credit to him for putting his head down and forcing the team's hand.