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Originally Posted by MikeMc
Exactly. If anything scratching a young player (1st rounder, top 5 pick, whomever) should happen more often. Something the Islanders, Carolina and Edmonton (among others) can speak to.
Somewhere along the way it became a massive issue to sit a player, any player, whom is considered a top prospect or an established NHLer. I blame TSN, twitter and the media in general for a large amount of this.
Long story short Sven hasn't played well at times so he should be sat. The goal here is to turn him into a solid professional hockey player with a long career in Calgary. The guy hasn't proved anything at the NHL level yet so I'm not sure why sitting him for not performing is an issue.
If being benched because they want to see more effort/commitment/responsibility out of him 'ruins him', then I'll see you in Europe and the Spengler cup Sven.
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If all it's for is correction and learning then I'm ok with it. He should get no special treatment and has to meet expectations. However, if it's just because he's "not playing physical enough" or what have you then I have an issue with that. Sven will never be a Mike Peca or Brendan Shanahan type player. He is more of a finesse player and should be allowed to play that game IMHO. McGrattan last year said that he could go out and play his game because he was looking out for him. Baertschi should be allowed to play his game and not forced into a mold that doesn't suit him.