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Originally Posted by ComixZone
To the people saying "calm down" and "don't be silly, you're overreacting"
Does benching Sven help the Calgary Flames today? No.
Does benching Sven help the Calgary Flames tomorrow? No.
Does benching Sven help Sven Baertschi today? No.
Does benching Sven help Sven Baertschi tomorrow? No.
Does coach Hartley nondescriptly saying "Sven needs to find a way into the lineup" help Sven Baertschi or the Calgary Flames today or tomorrow? No. Coach Hartley should be working day and night with Sven to help him become the player everyone knows he can be - not sitting back and putting the onus 100% on the player.
Players don't magically become better by not playing. That's not how it works.
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I suppose the repeated benching of stamkos his first and second year was a bad idea as well? Because he was irreversibly ruined.