I listened to the Fan today after hockey central at noon and Kerr along with Steinberg made a point I really agreed with about Sven.
And that was right now, there is no one else in charge of Sven's direction other than Sven himself. It may not be time to give up on him but he definitely needs to respond and answer the challenges presented himself.
I still contend though that it is getting close to the time where you do look for options in the trade pool to address organizational need and deal from a position of strength.
Before that happens though I'd like to see Hartley put him in a position to succeed and put him with Monahan once again to see if that ignites him.
Problem with that is though, he needs to improve enough to get that opportunity. And like the guys on the radio said today, he's not a liability out there and he's not hurting the team, but he's really not adding anything either. Thus not getting more ice time during games.
The one thing to me about Sven being benched last night is that whatever message the coaches are trying to get through to Sven are obviously not sinking in. He is still doing something out there that is driving them up the wall. I don't know if its he's out of position constantly within the system they're playing or something else. But it is not sitting well with the coaches.
The rest of this road trip is his chance I think. After that, if he hasn't delivered something, anything of what they want of him, I think his bed is made with Hartley.
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