I see a lot of defending of Sven in this thread and cannot imagine why anyone would bother. Watching him on the ice is so frustrating. No wonder the coach wants to bench him. He has no defensive awareness and is so slow to react. He has offensive instincts with the puck but without it he is virtually useless. Not physical, not a gifted skater.
His game needs to be much more well rounded for him to make an impact. He should be down in the AHL.
They should be rotating young guys from the Heat up anyway. Give the guys down there that are showing well some NHL time. Those that aren't going well with the big club can go down to the AHL and get big minutes and work on their game.
Not like they should be even worrying slightly about winning games. It should entirely be about development and where the player needs to be for that to be happening most efficiently.
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