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Originally Posted by ComixZone
Ryan Pike on twitter made a good point the other day about how this may all be a good thing in the long run as Hartley prepares Sven to be "thrown to the wolves" in the spring when Cammalleri/maybe others are traded and he can no longer shelter Sven's minutes.
Post-trade deadline we're really going to see some of our younger players put into some big roles due to a lack of options.
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I think that's also why we're seeing the "tough love" approach to Backlund.
If he can take his game to a place where he can take over Stajan's role, that means they can easily trade Stajan at the deadline. If he can't fill that role, then they need to look at either re-signing or replacing Stajan elsewhere.