I think the fact Burke has called him out, shows he wants to keep him and see's his potential. Burke doesn't de-value his players only to trade them shortly after. Look at Kadri, he was really hard on him, and the fact there are rumors he wants to trade for him..... The fact Sven is on the 3rd line, shows they are strickly working on his defense. He won't learn that part of the game as much if he was playing on the top two lines. I think Ward was given direct instructions to get him up to speed on the defensive side. They know his value, they are trying to keep him from being Patrick Kane and one dimensional. Imagine if Kane was taught defense, he'd be in the category with the likes of Datsyuk and Hossa. This is good, and I don't feel Burke is looking to ship Sven out at all, he's trying to get the most out of him.
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