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Originally Posted by CsInMyBlood
Kind of hard to notice Sven last night when Setoguchi continually handles the puck like it is a hand grenade. What a play killer that guy is.
Anytime Sven did get the puck he looked confident with it. The D and Byron continually passed the puck to Setoguchi's side when they would be breaking up the ice. I'm not sure if Setoguchi has completed more then three clean passes all season.
How anybody can pretend to critique what Baertschi's game is all about from viewing last nights game is totally beyond me.
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Why not? This isn't exactly the first time people have seen Sven. Also, most of the negative critiques (including mine) included caveats such as "just one game" and "might be tired".
Also, offensive ability from Sven has never been an issue. Nobody is talking about how disappointing Sven looked offensively. What is being discussed was how slow he seemed out there, how he lost puck battles (both of which can be attributed to fatigue) and how he was unnoticeable for the most part.
When are we allowed to critique the kid's game? 2 games? 10 games? A full season? As long as people understand that every player has bad games and great games (Jarome had bad games, and Boyd had great games for instance), and not make definitive statements like "he is going to be a bust", "career AHL'er", "Future Euro-star" and likewise don't start saying "Future NHL superstar", then it is fine to critique anyone's game, regardless of sample sizes, as long as you keep those small sample sizes in mind.