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Originally Posted by mile
I do feel sorry for Sven. While Baertschi hasn't been effective at all, for some reason I don't feel like the support and willingness to work with him from Hartley is there like it has been for the other young players on this team. During Gaudreau's first five games, Hartley spoke out in support of him and said things like would be given a long leach, is adjusting, has been a great student, etc - and I don't get that same enthusiasm from Hartley when he talks about Sven.
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So Hartley is supportive of all of the other young players but not Sven. And that leads to the conclusion that it's Hartley at fault? Maybe Sven hasn't endeared himself to the coach through his effort. What I can gather from Hartley's comments about guys like Bouma is that he places great stock in effort.