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Originally Posted by SuperMatt18
How should they be handling Sven then?
Do you want them to just hand him ice time and not worry about trying to fix the deficiencies in his game?
Send him to the AHL where he showed he is probably too good of a talent for last year?
Do you play him with better players? (Is ice time with Hudler and Monahan not good enough for Sven?)
They are trying to build a team of well rounded players that compete all over the ice. Not sure why benching Sven once every 7 games is a crime.
The one complaint I would have is that they are not giving Sven enough PP time. Hopefully that will change now with Glencross and Stempniak injured.
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Obviously, there are a sufficient number of fans that are concerned with how Sven is being treated, especially in relationship to others on the team, or this thread would not be as long. For me the benching is not the problem, it's this coupled with Burke's calling him out in the press, after just an extremely short time on the job. To me, this is not the way to treat young players starting out. You don't knock them down, and then attempt to build them up after. Sometimes a certain amount of swagger can help a player e.g. our dear Leaf's captain.
If it were me, I'd keep him on the line with Monahan and Hudler, give him sufficient ice time (at least as much as Monahan) over and extended period of time. And as you say, put him on the pp.
Only time will tell if many of the fans are right, in that he is being mishandled. I think the worst scenario would be to trade him to another team, and let it come back to haunt us.