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Originally Posted by Locke
I honestly believe that Sven is in the Flames' plans, but just not right now.
He'll likely be on this team before the year is out.
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As many are saying, I agree with this. If Sven was no longer in the plans (for whatever reason), he'd actually be in the starting line up tomorrow trying to increase his value as we prep to maximise a trade.
Looks to me like the Flames brass did a good job of creating a good competitive balance at camp, created the competition they wanted not just to hand the rookies the spots. Now (at the moment, nothing is ever in stone) two vets are on the outside looking in from the forward ranks while younger players take their roles on the team, and some of the other younger players who also likely out played them keep developing their games in the AHL rather than have them sit in the press box.
Now the Flames just have to figure out how best to manage the vets that aren't winning their jobs from the kids and how to best maximise (if possible) anything from those assets.