One of the things that strikes me about Sven (and occasionally about some of the others) is that they panic in certain situations - unnecessarily. Perhaps benching Sven provides him with time to watch others - evaluate the time they have to make a play - and then work to produce that in his game.
You have to give the Flames’ brain trust some credit for making hard (and possibly unpopular) decisions -- it’s not just Hartley....
Right now I’d still rather be watching the Flames – win, lose or whatever – than the jokes to the north of us.
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