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Originally Posted by Bingo
I'm not suggesting the team is immune to criticism.
But you're making observations that you walk out as basically fact, but many of them just aren't what I'm seeing.
Oliver Kylington was a paralyzed player in the last half of the 19-20 season. He stopped moving his feet and looked a bit over his head. Then the 20-21 season was just odd ... all Canadian division, short season, taxi squads ... I just think he got lost in the shuffle.
Sutter tried him and he did some good things, but I also think he went outside the lines on some core things that drove Sutter nuts so he didn't get played.
Clearly those things were explained, he's taken steps, and with some actual success he now has more room to make a mistake or two.
It's pretty much the evolution of most young players.
I give him all the credit. He's improved.
But like Bennett I don't just blame the team when a young player doesn't do much with opportunity.
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Sutter has said exactly this.