I'm gonna put my faith in Hartley here since he is a coach with experience and around these players all the time. So he should know what he's doing. Sven has to be doing something he shouldn't be because it really doesn't make sense for Hartley to keep benching him when he's should be the type of player Hartley wants on the ice. Monahan isn't getting this treatment, so why is Sven?
If Sven isn't being committed to the system or having a entitlement sense, then Hartley is doing the right thing keeping him in check. Don't want Sven to get around with bad habits which will hurt him in the long term.
At this point it may be better to send him down though if Hartley isn't getting the results he want from benching him. You can only do it so many times that it's effect becomes negative.
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