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Originally Posted by MattyC
I agree that he he for sure has had a full briefing of Baertschi, but regardless he has had a terrible camp. Burke strikes me as a guy who would certainly take into account his briefings on Sven, but after seeing his pre-season, of course he would think there's been a step backwards for him after his camp. And there have been plenty of people in here suggesting that they haven't spoken with Sven first and are now just "bashing" him in the media.
I didn't hear anything about Burke implying him to be lazy or not care, just overviewing parts of his game with deficiencies.
I just think people are completely overblowing it. He was asked a question about a player and he answered with his honest opinion. His other options were "no comment" or to lie. Which would you prefer? If it's no comment fine, but if a reporter asks Burke to give an analysis on a player and he said "no comment" I feel like the reaction here would be even more over the top.
If you are playing like junk, Brian Burke will not praise you. It's just the way it is. When (not if, when) Sven picks up his game, I'm sure Burke will be quick to praise his improvements.
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He said, in the context of watching him in junior, that he showed no commitment in the other two zones, and in the offensive zone, only sporadically. Words like "focus" and "commitment" in hockey speak sound to me like euphemisms for effort.
Comments like "He didn't show the commitment to defense this preseason" or "Like many young players he needs to work on his play on both sides of the rink" would have been infinitely less inflammatory.
He specifically wanted to send a message, I think we can both agree. My concern is that I don't think the intent was honorable, or the result beneficial. If you look at Burke's history, despite his protestations, it leads me to believe it's self serving.