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Originally Posted by Gary83
I think all these excellent forward prospects have been a good thing for Sven, really feel like over the last year or two that the spotlight and expectations have sort of shifted from him to guys like Gaudreau. Would love to see him make the team out of camp and never look back.
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You could almost see the writing on the wall at the end of the 2012-13 season when he had that point streak and the Calgary media lined up to ask him if he wanted to be the face of the franchise with Iginla gone.
Yikes
It was almost like a reset button was hit sending him back to that five game audition the year before.
Things haven't gone well since, and hopefully that gets him back in the headspace to not see himself as arrived but go out and prove he's arrived.
Remember, both Brodie and Backlund when through the break down and rebuild of their games at the AHL level. It works. The key is the mental side from the player in accepting it, and embracing the change.