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Originally Posted by PeteMoss
Good point.
In terms of fast skaters, if you go from one extreme to the other, you’d have mcdavid on one end who can deke and subtly shift direction at top speed and then you’d have like a Matthew Lombardi guy who may be equally as fast in a straight line but has none of the dynamic movements while at top speed.
Kylington is more at the Lombardi end of the scale now. It’s a better time to be that type of skater now just because the league has eliminated killshot hits to head and there just isn’t very many physical defensemen playing these days. Also better to be a defenseman with that skating style because you are almost always facing the defenders when you get the puck near defenders.
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Kylington's puck-skills and his vision are a million times better than Lombardi's. Lombardi's problem was being able to think the game and make plays at the same speed that he skated. It appears that Kylington will likely not have that same problem.