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Originally Posted by Lewis_D
I don't think we can say it was a gamble or a dumb move on his part without knowing the full story. It seems pretty clear he didn't have much intent on staying in Calgary - maybe his preference was to be in Sweden instead of the NHL which led to him and his agents asking for more term and money than most thought was warranted, knowing he could fallback on returning home.
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I don't think his preference was Sweden. The players that abandon the NHL grind early to head back to Sweden usually have strong ties to a specific team or region - e.g. Joakim Lindstrom, Kenny Jonsson, or Oscar Moller. Another good example being Jonathan Dahlen signing that five year deal with his hometown team two seasons ago instead of taking the Canucks QO.
As a youth player, Kylington moved around a lot. He was playing for a different organization almost each year, which is unusual for the average Swedish youth star.
It looks like he's a guy that marches to the beat of his own drum. That's probably a contributing factor to why he slid so much in the draft, it's also probably a factor in why he took an unprecedented mental health break in a culturally old-school profession, and it's also the reason why he hasn't maximized his career earnings.
We've definitely thought about this situation a lot more than the 27 year old multi-millionaire NHLer living his best life though
