OvermanKingGainer
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…we quite literally have two examples on our team in the previous season and a half, where Kylington was benched an ENTIRE season and played the next one a changed man, and Ruzicka who went from a bottom liner putting up respectable numbers with effort and consistency issues, and who struggled using his size as an advantage, to this offensive tank we have today. Just last game he had two examples of just pushing his hip into someone and sending them flying to maintain puck control and pushing his man off the puck to cause our game winner. Find one example of that happening last year. Your also currently talking about the development path of Shane Wright so far by the way for examples on other teams, I’d bet you a fair amount of money he turns out alright.
Do you think the guys who dont play just fly around and eat popcorn? You participate in line drills, battle plays, system/special team set ups, as well as all the behind the scene work. “NHL coaches don’t develop players” tells me you honestly think a coaches job stops at putting together lines, and literally all that happens is the games you see on TV. Putting together lines and actually coaching a hockey game is like 10-20% of the role. Honest question, have you ever played in a competitive hockey league?
Also Lucic played 5 minutes last night, has any of Dube, Ruzicka or any young player ever gotten that treatment from Sutter? Or is Lucic just younger than I realized?
lmao
"changed man"
Maybe Kylington played the next one with Chris Tanev and an actual opportunity. Imagine thinking the Kylington benching was justified.
Maybe Ruzicka played the next one with Lindholm and Toffoli, instead of centering Lucic and Lewis.
Kylington has been our organization's best defenseman outside of GIo/Brodie since 2018. Period. Sutter did not develop him at all. No player develops in the f***ing press box. And yes Kylington has never not been better than Rasmus Andersson. The only reason Andersson took off is because he got to play with Giordano as a rookie instead of with Dalton Prust or whatever his name was
And Ruzicka's "consistency issues" are a myth. Guy was centering Dube and Toffoli last year and giving us an actual third line, and then we make a trade for Jarnkrok in order to go into the playoffs without a third line because we benched Ruzicka for a fancy veteran toy.
The confirmation bias is strong in this one.
Lemme guess, Sutter developed Sam Bennett too.