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Originally Posted by mikephoen
Disagree that there is no rush. His value drops as he gets closer to having to pass through waivers. Any team that would trade for him at that point would have to be confident that he could stick with their NHL team. Trade him now and the team getting him has time to integrate him into their system and see where he fits. They get two thirds of a year to evaluate him and bring him up to speed before they have to make their own decisions on him.
If he goes to the end of this year with his current NHL and AHL production numbers his value is almost zero. His value has been dropping every day since he finished junior. I wish the Flames had traded him back then.
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Sven's production has been just fine. He's had very limited minutes, and usually very limited line mates. If he got normal 2nd and 3rd line teammates, and was playing 12-15 minutes per game, he'd be producing 40+ points without breaking a sweat.
The team is being hard on him because they know he has the potential to be an 80+ point player, and they want him to have the defensive and physical game to match.
If you have a player who is a bit entitled, and has loads of talent, but needs to work on hit grit, defensive game and consistency, in order to be elite... what do you do?
I'd give him a pretty similar treatment to what Sven is getting.