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Originally Posted by neo45
He faced weak competition with mostly O zone starts and still was outplayed.
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This was only the case when he was paired with another rookie in Andersson. When paired with a veteran in Prout who offset his game, Kylington's metrics were outstanding. I'm sure you realize that an all-rookie pair is going to have some struggles as every small error will cascade. Even then, for whatever little it's worth Kylington had a +3 goal diff at ES in 469 minutes and he led our three rookie defensemen in P/60. His contributions were clearly more nuanced than the shot metrics alone imply.