Sven has been invisible since being called up and in my opinion it's because he's obviously terrified of doing something wrong. It was a close game yesterday, benches were shortened. Not only that but it was a very structured chess match to try to break through Trotz's trap after the Caps went up 3-2, and Baertschi doesn't play a structured enough game yet to be relied upon in that circumstance.
I'm not out-and-out worried at this point, but he's gotta show something soon. He's not engaging enough in puck battles .. a lot of fly-bys. It's like he's permanently stuck between positioning himself to transition to offence and positioning himself to be in the right spot defensively, and the result is he's doing absolutely nothing.
Hopefully a bounce or two goes his way and he relaxes a bit. And hopefully the coaches are being explicit with him as to why he's sitting and he's not left to wonder what he's doing wrong.
It's a good chance for him to show he's matured as a pro and can be comfortable with criticism and taking baby steps instead of wanting to be catapulted into stardom as Feaster was trying to do.
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