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Originally Posted by DropIt
What did Setogucci do better than Baertschi did the entire camp is my question.
Sure, the points weren't there but the offense was. He created chances and continued to play well with Monahan like he did last year. He was better positionally, physically, possessionally anh effort-wise than Seto was. There wasnt a single thing that I saw from Setogucci that I thought "well, he is better than Sven at doing [that]."
I think he earned a spot in camp this year, and even though it never has changed and likely never will change, I am sick of hearing that jobs will be earned.
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Why does Seto have to be better than Sven? It's actually the other way around. And not simply because Seto is a vet blah blah. Sven worked on some areas in his game that needed improving, and they did. He was also invisible (holistically) offensively as well.
The critics of the a Flames handling will say they asked Sven to do this, he did, and now he's being punished. What The Flames actually need Sven to be is not a liability when he doesn't have the puck, and still generate offence. That's the type of player Sven will need to be to make it in this league, on any team. Sven has yet to show he can pull it all together. Previously he showed he could generate offence, but was god awful at the rest. This year he comes in and showed he could become "respectable" at the areas he struggled in, but at almost the complete sacrifice of the things that will make him a special player. Simply out, he hasn't put it together yet. So if a little more seasoning (hopefully not much) is required in the AHL to get it together, then let's give him his medicine whether he wants it or not. In the long run, it will benefit both him and the Flames, even if it means we have to suffer through the organization learning what Seto is all about for the first quarter of the year, it was never about this year anyway.
Anyone who feels Sven impressed this pre season is either lying to themselves or had set the bar very low (or very specific) for Sven. He was one of a number of very average to meh forwards so far. While it is true, some of those other meh forwards remain on the NHL roster, it doesn't mean this isn't the right move for a player we are more concerned about making this team 3 years from now versus this year.