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Originally Posted by TheScorpion
I think Kylington's aggressiveness on the rush is absolutely part of what makes him so effective. Look no further than the play against Dallas, where he saw an opportunity and he took it — leading directly to the game-tying goal. He's capable of making Gaudreau-esque zone entries.
That said, no player is ever perfect and we'd be remiss to dismiss the opinion of Jack Han, who's a very smart hockey mind. Kylington could stand to pick his spots sometimes. But it's critical that "sometimes" doesn't become "all the time." And I think Darryl will probably be able to coach him effectively to the point where his decision-making becomes much more refined ... and he keeps scoring.
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Good point.
In terms of fast skaters, if you go from one extreme to the other, you’d have mcdavid on one end who can deke and subtly shift direction at top speed and then you’d have like a Matthew Lombardi guy who may be equally as fast in a straight line but has none of the dynamic movements while at top speed.
Kylington is more at the Lombardi end of the scale now. It’s a better time to be that type of skater now just because the league has eliminated killshot hits to head and there just isn’t very many physical defensemen playing these days. Also better to be a defenseman with that skating style because you are almost always facing the defenders when you get the puck near defenders.