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Originally Posted by sa226
Sven is not hurting the team at all, so that's a good sign.
But he has had no "jump" whatsoever in his game. The guy with the flu had more jump. Look at Jooris, Look at Granlund. There is no reason he can't be doing the exact same thing. A young player's job is to inject energy into the line-up. He hasn't done that at all.
If I had to guess I would say that he is absolutely terrified to make a mistake. The tentativeness is very apparent. He just needs to look at the other young guys who are making mistakes and realize its not a death sentence. He has improved his 200ft game a lot since last year, he just needs to trust his instincts and go out and play.
Way too tentative.
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Well said.
I mentioned earlier he needs to find a way to get noticed and not for all the wrong reasons.
There are plenty of ways to get noticed in a positive way other than scoring... He could go hit somebody, muck it up a bit after the whistle, back check hard (like Jooris and Gaudreau), make a great defensive play etc. Right now he isn't doing any of that whatsoever, and you cannot fault his line mates for that.