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Originally Posted by SuperMatt18
I think they can ask themselves if they actually put those players in a position to “pop” in camp.
A big reason Kylington “popped” last year is he got time with Tanev and it worked. If Kylington was in group 2 all of last training camp with AHLers he likely isn’t the great story he was last year.
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Did Kylington spend the entirety of camp playing with Tanev? I honestly don't remember, but I don't think that is right. My recollection is that he played in almost every preseason game, which means that he was on several different pairings through camp.
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Ruzicka, Milano, Phillips, and Pelletier were supposed to be fighting for top 9 minutes with the Flames, but none of them actually got to play with the Flames top 9.
They got games with young junior and AHL filled rosters, against teams best rosters on the road. While the top team and Brett sutter got easy matchups at home.
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Well, that is not exactly true. Ruzicka centred the Flames top line in Edmonton, and was underwhelming. After a very good game in Vancouver Phillips lined up with Kadri at practice. I suspect that there are things the coaches see in practice that we all miss, or don't get the chance to see at all, which factor heavily into their lineup decisions for preseason games. Kylington played so much last year in large part because he had such a great camp. We are seeing much the same from Vladar this year.
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