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Originally Posted by JiriHrdina
One player established himself as a full time nhler the other will still be a rookie next year, nothing arbitrary about it
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Is that Brodin's fault that Sven is injury prone and was likely going to be sent down anyway as Hartley obviously didn't think he was ready? The fact that Brodin has established himself faster than Sven to me means right now he's a better player and younger. I don't want to beat down Sven here but the fact is that Hartley wasn't even playing him until the end of the season when the team became the Heat. I don't see that changing much next season as long as the games count he's going to roll with veteran player he has confidence in. I see this season as a bit disappointing quite frankly as the kid simply didn't look good until garbage time and even then he wasn't noticeable for stretches. He's likely going to be a Backlund type project that will need a lot of tough love.