I don't understand any of the thoughts that sending Sven down means Burke has "made his mind up" on him. As many others have said, all it means is that's where Burke or maybe it's Hartley feels he'll develop best for now.
Sven has not been bad at all at the NHL level IMO. But he also hasn't been good. He's a young player, and many of supporters on here like to say his issue is confidence. If that's the case, what better place to grow his confidence than the AHL where he might actually put up some numbers. If Sven can't get / re-gain confidence from this assignment down to the Heat it will be because of how HE embraces it. If he chooses to pout, then it will do him no good and just create prove out that he has an attitude issue. If he embraces and eventually starts to light it up, it will show he's the player we want on our team and it will give him back huge confidence.
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