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Originally Posted by Jay Random
The FAN 960 did a long interview with Håkan Loob the year Kylington was drafted. He said, in effect, that Kylington is a player who needs steady coaching, and his stock fell in his draft year because he was bounced from team to team and never got to settle in with one coach or one system.
The carousel of replacement-level coaches in Calgary must have been terrible for Kylington's development. Having a top-flight coach like Sutter come in and spell out exactly how he needs to work on his game, it appears, is just what the doctor ordered.
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This and many other examples makes the defence of Flames coaching hires over the past few years utterly baffling. It was as obvious at the time as it is now.