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[MBH]

Xavier Ouellet on waivers. He'd be good for GR if it's not too crowded already.

You can't claim and demote.

 

[Frk It]

So who would be the 5.5M real valued player like Hronek?

That was mostly sarcastic, sorry for not putting the there.

 

[MBH]

I believe so, unless something changed in the newer CBA.

I agree with this. Kylington seems like too good an opportunity to pass up for only whatever the contract fee is. Biega can hit waivers and be the D on the taxi squad and then move to the main roster if when someone else gets hurt.

Kylington is a good a defenseman.
Waive Merril. Waive Staal. Waive Djoos.
Get Kylington.

 

[datsyukfan]

Kylington is a good a defenseman.
Waive Merril. Waive Staal. Waive Djoos.
Get Kylington.

You don’t really need to waive all those guys. Claim him and waive biega and go with 8 D which Stevie likes to do anyways.

 

[Winger98]

I'd have been curious about Dakota Mermis. Thought he had potential in the 10 games he had with the Devils last year. Kylington is the obvious big get.

 

[MBH]

You don’t really need to waive all those guys. Claim him and waive biega and go with 8 D which Stevie likes to do anyways.

Dekeyser-Hronek
Kylington-Merrill
Nemeth-Stecher
Staal
Send Cholo to GR/Taxi Squad and he replaces anyone injured.
If Staal never sees a minute of icetime, I'm fine with that.

 

[MBH]

I'd have been curious about Dakota Mermis. Thought he had potential in the 10 games he had with the Devils last year. Kylington is the obvious big get.

I have never ever heard the name until now. What do you know about him?

 

[Frk It]

Kylington is a good a defenseman.
Waive Merril. Waive Staal. Waive Djoos.
Get Kylington.

I'd find a way to add him. We need LD.

 

[MBH]

I'd find a way to add him. We need LD.

What are the Flames doing?
Didn't they just lose Brodie? Now their D is so good they waive Kylington?
I guess they think Nesterov is the man.
And They still have Andersson, Valimaki and Hanifin at 24 and under.

 

[Henkka]

What are the Flames doing?
Didn't they just lose Brodie? Now their D is so good they waive Kylington?
I guess they think Nesterov is the man.
And They still have Andersson, Valimaki and Hanifin at 24 and under.

They just added Chris Tanev and Välimäki has taken a huge step. Think Kylington lost the competition against him.

Giordano - Andersson
Hanifin - Tanev
Välimäki - Nesterov

But don't get it why they didn't keep Kylington as the 7th D? There's nobody now.

Maybe they are gonna pick somebody else from waivers and do a "trade".?

 

[Number1RedWingsFan52]

Xavier Ouellet on waivers. He'd be good for GR if it's not too crowded already.

You can't claim a player then send them to the minors, Without putting them back on waivers for their own club to reclaim.

 

[Number1RedWingsFan52]

Kylington is a good a defenseman.
Waive Merril. Waive Staal. Waive Djoos.
Get Kylington.

All we'd really need to waive is Biega, And i'll take Kylington over Biega any day of the year.

 

[Hockeyfannnn91]

All we'd really need to waive is Biega, And i'll take Kylington over Biega any day of the year.

No brainer

 

[SirloinUB]

The challenge with any of these guys is separating real upside vs perceived upside. You can see it in this thread where guys with pedigree are viewed more favourably compared to others.

 

[Ghost of Ethan Hunt]

Kylington is also Swedish. "He'll make a fine addition to our collection." (General Grievous)

Gotta pump up those Swedish Mafia #'s, we have a quota to uphold & the cupboards were almost on empty.

 

[izlez]

I'm not saying we shouldn't go for him, we absolutely should, but Kylington looks extremely similar to Bowey 2 years ago (On paper. I'm familiar with Kylington by name but haven't seen him play much). It's just kind of funny that we are celebrating not having to deal with Bowey any more and are talking about Kylington

At the time, Bowey:
23 Years Old
53rd overall pick
51 points in 113 AHL games (.45 ppg)
18 points in 84 NHL games (.21 ppg)

Kylington:
23 years old
60th overall pick
91 points in 190 AHL Games (.48 ppg)
15 points in 87 NHL games (.17 ppg)

 

[Number1RedWingsFan52]

No brainer

Absolutely no brainer there.

 

[datsyukfan]

I'm not saying we shouldn't go for him, we absolutely should, but Kylington looks extremely similar to Bowey 2 years ago (On paper. I'm familiar with Kylington by name but haven't seen him play much). It's just kind of funny that we are celebrating not having to deal with Bowey any more and are talking about Kylington

At the time, Bowey:
23 Years Old
53rd overall pick
51 points in 113 AHL games (.45 ppg)
18 points in 84 NHL games (.21 ppg)

Kylington:
23 years old
60th overall pick
91 points in 190 AHL Games (.48 ppg)
15 points in 87 NHL games (.17 ppg)

I mean Bowey wasn't bad offensively, but was a train wreck defensively so you kind of have to look at the defensive numbers as well when making this comparison

 

[GreatGordie9]

Will Stevie now go after Tyler Johnson, I say no but should go after Kylington.

 

[Tetsuo]

I'm not saying we shouldn't go for him, we absolutely should, but Kylington looks extremely similar to Bowey 2 years ago (On paper. I'm familiar with Kylington by name but haven't seen him play much). It's just kind of funny that we are celebrating not having to deal with Bowey any more and are talking about Kylington

At the time, Bowey:
23 Years Old
53rd overall pick
51 points in 113 AHL games (.45 ppg)
18 points in 84 NHL games (.21 ppg)

Kylington:
23 years old
60th overall pick
91 points in 190 AHL Games (.48 ppg)
15 points in 87 NHL games (.17 ppg)

I would still rather take a crack at Kylington to develop into a serviceable PMD 5th/6th man than Biega.

 

[Ed Ned and Leddy]

Pre-Djoos I think Kylington would have an inside track as a sheltered offensive blue liner behind Dekeyser and Nemeth. Now it's a bit more crowded for him. I'd still have no issue picking him up at the expense of a guy like Biega, to me it just depends whether our brass sees legitimate top 4 upside there. If so then pull the trigger, if you're not willing to play him and develop him then swerve.

 

[datsyukfan]

Pre-Djoos I think Kylington would have an inside track as a sheltered offensive blue liner behind Dekeyser and Nemeth. Now it's a bit more crowded for him. I'd still have no issue picking him up at the expense of a guy like Biega, to me it just depends whether our brass sees legitimate top 4 upside there. If so then pull the trigger, if you're not willing to play him and develop him then swerve.

I think if it were up to me I take him. He can move the puck and I think that is what this team needs (both DK and Merrill are on the PP). I would run something like:

DK- Hronek
Djoos/Kylington-Stecher
Djoos/Kylington- Merrill/Nemeth

Staal

This creates a lot of competition and allows you to have way better puck movement which this team was sorely lacking last year. This also allows you to move a Nemeth or Merrill or even both at the deadline without missing much.

 

[Henkka]

Pre-Djoos I think Kylington would have an inside track as a sheltered offensive blue liner behind Dekeyser and Nemeth. Now it's a bit more crowded for him. I'd still have no issue picking him up at the expense of a guy like Biega, to me it just depends whether our brass sees legitimate top 4 upside there. If so then pull the trigger, if you're not willing to play him and develop him then swerve.

Yeah, Djoos gives kind of a better option.

 

[jaster]

I'd have been curious about Dakota Mermis. Thought he had potential in the 10 games he had with the Devils last year. Kylington is the obvious big get.

"Dakota Mermis" sounds like the hot older sister of the dumb fat kid in Bad Santa.

 

[Henkka]

I mean Bowey wasn't bad offensively, but was a train wreck defensively so you kind of have to look at the defensive numbers as well when making this comparison

Yep.

The defensive play means pretty much for a legit defenceman.