Any half decent hockey fan with a pair of half decent eyes along with a half decent TV set can observe the following FACTS:
Glencross has been playing like a pile of hot #### in all three zones.
Jackman, on top of playing like a pile of hot ####, has also been in full ######ed mode causing absolutely unnecessary penalties.
Sven, been hustling up and down the ice, playing both offensive and defensive hockey in all three zones and creating "exciting" plays.
Win now mode, Sven has been way more effective than Glencross and Jackman.
Future wise, Sven will be way more important than Glencross and Jackman.
Sitting in the press box "develop" nothing, especially when there are obvious garbage playing precious ice time out there who are playing like garbage and are not part of the future plan.
That's what make the decision wrong.
Hartley was giving BS reasons regarding the whole benching issues.
If it has anything to do with "developing", I am pretty damn sure he would have said it by now.
It WAS the wrong move, move on, and stop sugar coating because you ARE.
And this whole thing has nothing to do with the Soilers, so stop derailing this to that direction.
Playing our rookies because our rookies been more deserving than our veterans (assistant captain to boost!) is completely different than handing out free monies and free ice time to a bunch of spoiled kids.
Fact, Sven has been out playing both Glencross and Jackman.
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