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Originally Posted by FBI
Not sure why I'm so angry about this but I'm pretty pissed.. Must be because my mindset for this year is to have fun watching the young guys play in a REBUILD ??
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I would like to see Sven on the ice too, but I don't get how sitting him for a couple of games has stopped the rebuild. I don't see how icing an entire team of all rookies/young guys helps the rebuild at all. You need some veterans to show you how to be an NHL player. You can't rely solely on talent or hype. If you just let all the young guys play all the time, without training/teaching/motivating, you quickly become like the Oilers. We are able to watch quite a few younger players tonight in Monahan, Brodie, Backlund, Reinhart, etc.
After Backlund sat a game, he played really well. He was the forward who got over a minute of time when Chicago was on their 5 on 3 power play. I'm hoping Sven gets back in the lineup soon, and has an equally effective role upon his return.