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Originally Posted by BACKCHECK!!!
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.
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I'd have tried to trade him while his value was high and others hadn't realized that he is a bit entitled, needs to work on his grit, defensive game, AND consistency.
As soon as he showed up at that rookie camp acting like he shouldn't have to be there and playing like he wanted to be anywhere but there, I was ready to move him. Add to that he had already had injury problems, including concussions, and it was probably the last time his value was still high enough to get a really top return.
If he can turn it around and become an elite player for us, I will
gladly eat crow on this. I'll have seconds and thirds! But I've honestly all but given up on him.