to quote myself from the camp cuts thread:
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Originally Posted by devo22
the translations are correct and the truth is that those quotes from Svens father are pretty damning. I'd translate them like this:
"Hartley loves physically strong players, but Sven is a finesse player. Last year they wanted him to play differently, he wasn't allowed to play to his strengths anymore and at some point he didn't know what to do on the ice anymore. I visited Sven last year and the mental stress was huge. Hartley destroyed him as if Sven was solely to blame for the losses. The two of them will probably never be friends. I don't know why the Flames even keep Sven any longer. A trade would probably be the best thing, and that's what I hope for now. With Calgary, it's probably over."
Be careful though, "Blick" is a horrible tabloid afaik ... similar to "Bild" in Germany, for example. Those kind of newspapers love to take quotes out of context in order to make headlines.
I've also found this Blick article from a couple of days ago:
http://www.blick.ch/sport/eishockey/...id3180177.html
it basically says that Gaudreau has overtaken Sven as a top prospect and that's also due to the fact that Gaudreau is American and as a result, Burke basically did and still does everything to get Gaudreau on the team instead of Sven. Which is basically BS, so take Blick with a grain of salt is all I'm saying. Svens fathers comments could easily be taken out of context here. |
again, I checked the Swiss media today. Except for "Blick", there's nothing about his father anywhere. The only thing being reported is Sven being sent down and that this is disappointing. Some outlets are quoting Sven directly as being "disappointed because I did everything to make the team". They all seem to blame Hartley for this in Switzerland, which is interesting ... it seems they all took it for granted that Sven is good enough to make the team and since he didn't, it must be on the coach. Certainly found that interesting, maybe they didn't like Bob all that much when he was coaching in Switzerland
and again, I have to reiterate that "Blick" is not what you would call a quality paper. It's a tabloid looking for dramatic headlines and it wouldn't surprise me if they took his dads comments out of context. I already linked that other article in the post of above, but I want to translate a couple of paragraphs from that so you can decide for yourself if you want to believe "Blick":
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The question is: has Johnny Gaudreau, who like Bärtschi was selected by the Flames in 2011 (pick #104), overtaken Bärtschi as the most promising talent for a regular spot on the right side? It looks like it at the moment because Gaudreau starts the season in Calgary instead of Bärtschi.
The career trajectories of those two forwards are completely different at the moment. Bärtschi has only had few opportunities to prove his talents. For example he scored 3 goals in 5 games during an emergency recall from the juniors in 2012.
However, neither coach Hartley nor president Burke were high on Bärtschi after that - and if you are fighting for a spot in the NHL, you need the backing from at least one decision-maker. Johnny Gaudreau does have this backing.
While for Bärtschi everything is a permanent fight, Gaudreau's stock further rises every day. He dominated at Boston College and was the the star of the US U20 team at the World Championships. Thanks to many spectacular goals and the spread of them on Youtube he was soon called "Johnny Hockey".
There are worse things than having such a nickname. Another advantage for Gaudreau over Bärtschi: like president Brian Burke, he is American. Burke made signing Gaudreau to a contract a priority this spring, and if Burke wants you on the team, all obstacles will be cleared from your path.
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so as I said, decide for yourself ...