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Originally Posted by Fighting Banana Slug
Steamwhistle has it right. Sven may very well be treated differently than Glencross. I would be pissed if they treated them the same.
There is no vets vs. rookie agenda. Hartley wants to improve Sven and therefor improve the team.
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All this assumes that this is the reason why Sven was benched. I don't think it was but I also don't think that the Flames will ever publically admit that it wasn't. They'll just spout the bs line that its for the good of the player and to help him in his development.
How does sitting in the pressbox help his development especially when he's been playing quite well. He's being punished because he's been playing well but well apparently isn't good enough... especially when others have been playing like ***t and they don't get benched.
That's a mixed message if there ever was one and will do nothing to help Sven. It might even destroy his confidence.
Sven was benched because once the veterans Stajan and Cammy and Jones came back there was no room for him in the line up.