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Old 08-04-2023, 01:14 PM   #172
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Originally Posted by Jay Random View Post
Kylington was taken with pick #60 in 2015. Pick #53 in 2015 was Rasmus Andersson.

Yep, Kylington was the only one they found in a long time. A long, long, long time. Almost a quarter of a round.
There is a lot behind the scenes we don’t know about as well. Conroy has alluded to a few things in interviews this summer.

They traded up to get the Kylington pick because Treliving felt he owed it to the scouts after trading 3 picks for Hamilton.

Kylington is a player so it worked out, but losing the picks to trade up meant they missed out on Kaprizov by 1 pick.

If Minnesota didn’t pick him, and he fell to them they look like geniuses.

Hindsight is 20/20 but there is more going on than what we see.
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