No one expects perfection, and Sven did indeed have his best game so far last night. with several decent chances to score. Improvement is good and I thought it was big one. It tailed off to some degere, but that's to be expected.
It's unfortunate that the biggest flaw in his game last night, which was either shying away from contact or getting on the wrong side of it and sealing himself off, was made most evident in the icing play which is the type that drives coaches crazy.
I confess I didn't look at him much in the Dzone (and I think most people are guilty of that - looking for just his offense). A couple times he seemed to fly the zone early and his D men got trapped (considering the D weren't moving the puck well at all).
The other unfortunate (for Sven) aspect was that the other guy who's been criticized, Setoguchi, also had his best game and was better IMO than Sven, mainly because of physicality.
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