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Originally Posted by cannon7
I have to say, I don't think Burke could've been more discouraging to a young player. I don't know what Burke's intentions are towards Baertschi. It's clear Baertschi is lacking confidence, typical of a 20 year old.
I'm sure Ward is doing his best, but by the time Baertschi was sent down, he was already discouraged knowing Burke had his sights on him. I am wondering if Baertschi even sees a future in this organization. Hell, I'm wondering if Burke sees a future for Baertschi, too.
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Confidence or lack of confidence, whether it's fair or un-fair, Sven's response to this "adversity" he's had to face speaks volumes. He's tucking his tail and running right now from a tough situation. Would rather be a victim of a "mean GM or NHL coach" than prove his doubters wrong.
He's young, and has lots of time to change that tune, but it's better if the Flames force him to do it now or figure out that he doesn't have the right character at this point, versus making it easy on him then finding out he lacks that character when this team is ready to win and he's already making big dollars.
And if the Flames had already made their mind up about Sven, he'd still be playing in the NHL, playing him with Hudler to inflate his value for trade. The fact that they've sent him down and are willing to wait out Sven and force him come round shows they are still "working" with him versus given up on him.
Sven's problem is he feels like he proved he belongs in his 5 game call up years ago, and since then he's semingly pushed back and got upset every time the Flames have asked him to prove himself again. I agree it's a fairly typical 20 year old response, but one that he will have to get over if he wants to succeed, because success won't come for him long term until he responds to messages like this in a different fashion, versus looking around him to try and see if he thinks it's fair and focuses on that.