I'm pretty surprised to see Sven is going to be sat. I've really liked his game at all ends of the ice so far this year.
That said, I also am very willing to give this coaching staff and management the benefit of the doubt for now. This mass hysteria about how we treat young players is so un-warranted. First, everyone in the hockey world understands things change on teams.............they won't be holding the current management and coaching staff accountable for things Sutter did for example, so that "history" is irrelevant to this discussion. Second, people act like the Flames have had a gluten of young players that actually deserve to be in the NHL that have been denied opportunities..........they haven't. At best in recent years, we've had prospects that have deserved sniffs, nothing more.
To that point, I've actually been impressed with how this management has brought the few young guys along that do deserve to be here along. And that includes Brodie, Bouma, now Monahan (his brief stint) and of course Sven IMO is coming along nicely. Because of that, I'm gonig to trust the staff knows what they are doing with Sven and his development, and what kind of things need to be worked on and how. I will admit, as a fan I'm not seeing why they would sit Sven at this point...........but I also know they see and are exposed to a lot more than we are, and like I said, for now I have confidence they know what they are doing, as whatever it is seems to be working.
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