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Originally Posted by joe_mullen
Scratching youth could also be very detrimental to their development. No way to know how it will affect Sven. Lots of 20 year olds need to be coddled. I for one have no faith that our coaching/management team will make the right decision. Hopefully I'm proven very wrong.
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Maybe, but I sure as hell don't want them to coddle their youth. That's how you build entitlement attitudes. Last thing we need is for our young players to think regardless of how well they play, they're going to be in the line up.
I'd much rather they have the attitude where they have to work hard, and constantly on improving. If they get complacent, they'll be benched (regardless of if they they think they're better than a "vet"). Baertschi is tied to the Flames for the next 4 or 5 years so the Flames choose. He'll have no choice but to keep working hard if he wants to be an everyday NHLer.