The problem is that Sven is never going to be the player that Burke wants him to be. He's not going to throw his body around simply because he's not big enough to do it effectively. He's also never going to be 6'4" 200+. Instead what he does is use his great stick skills to steal pucks on the backcheck - something he's quite good at.
It seems like we're going to build a team of Lance Bouma type players - limited offensive skill but they run around and "have energy". We'll be a team that "works hard" - because we don't have enough skill to actually do anything once we get the puck.
Hopefully he finds his offense in Abbotsford, but I think he's as good as done as far as the Flames are concerned. I'm betting he'll be a throw-in on a trade in a couple months, probably with one of our pending free agents.
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