I remeber hearing that about Sven when he was drafted the Flames loved his work ethic and the fact he was a first/last guy on/off the ice. I think where things went wrong was the unrealistic expectations that occurred with the 3 goals in 5 games. Even after the lockout started he was by far the best player on the Heat to start the year. He got injured and never seemed the same IMO. He remarked he wanted to be the franchise player the summer before we drafted Monahan and put even more pressure on himself. He has struggled since then.
Then you have him pouting about being sent to Penticton and it seems like since then he hasn't been the same guy described in those articles Ashax posted. He has come across as frustrated and down on hinself and his situation which is hard to blame but to me it portrays he feels punished
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