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Originally Posted by ynwa03
Can you please give examples of how Sven is not being held accountable during a game, or how he is not "playing the right way" above and beyond any other player?
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What I am saying is Sven should not be treated the same as every other player. He is a key piece of the future and is hopefully being groomed to be a first line 2 way player. So often this season he has been knocked off the puck with ease trying to dangle his way past defenders where it seldom works if ever. He has been benched only 6 times all year so once every 6 games that is not crazy at all.
Burke challenged him at the start of the year and he has made some strides but still has a ton of holes in his game. The problem I see is when he is not generating offensively he is invisible and often on the ice who there is sustained pressure against.
I think Sven should probably go to the AHL and be the top winger on a top team rather than fight to get in the lineup on the big squad. He needs to get bigger and work on his defensive game. Personally I still have very high hopes for his ability to be a top line player in the future but he is not going to do it as quickly as many including myself hoped.