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Originally Posted by bax
To counter your points:
1. Kylington was great last year, no questions asked. However, he looked lost without Tanev next to him. He might be ready to take another step, he might not be. Sutter and Treliving are trying to win a cup so why take the chance? Kylington can be great with easier matchups and lesser minutes. This isn’t a year for development, this is a year to try and win.
2. You don’t see a downgrade from Zadorov to Mackey? Zadorov is a big, good skating, physical defenseman with almost 500 games of NHL experience. Mackey is an NHL rookie who is older than half of the guys ahead of him on the depth chart and hasn’t been able to stick in the NHL. If you’re Sutter which guy are you picking?
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Yeah I get where you're coming from, but I don't see Tanev going anywhere, so I don't see why Kylington will be lost all of a sudden.
As for Zadorov yeah I don't see us getting any less points in the standings with a D that is making $3M less than him taking his place. Especially if that $3M was used to upgrade the forward position. We started last year with Z being a healthy scratch, and Valimaki - Gudbranson wasn't that much of a downgrade. As for Mackey, in my eyes, the only reason that Mackey wasn't able to make it is the Flames depth on D so far.