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Originally Posted by heep223
So, if we assume that what you're saying is true and that Sven never got a shot in the top 6, do you think there's some sort of conspiracy against him? Or do you think that Hartley's assessment of hockey ability is poor?
Why can't people just accept the fact that the coaching staff has been assessing Sven and they are not satisfied with his ability to play with 100% alignment to the system they've designed. They clearly don't trust something about his game and they don't want him to be a 1 dimensional player. So they are teaching him, coaching him and he's learning how to play the 200ft system in the minors.
Why is this such a big deal - do you not trust Hartley and our coaching staff? It seems like they've been pretty true to their words thus far. If you don't trust them and think they have it in for Sven for some reason that's unrelated to his play, then that's a different story.
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This is a false dichotomy. I trust Hartley and the coaching staff with developing players in general. Gaudreau, Monahan, Jooris, Granlund, and even Brodie to some extent show this. But that doesn't mean necessarily that they've given Sven a fair shake. I realize that there's an evidentiary burden here to show that Sven has been singled out, and that he has been singled out for reasons that aren't necessarily his fault, or has been unduly punished for relatively minor offences, or that he continues to be punished for past behavior that should be left in the past. But I do think there is some evidence of this.
I think it's kind of like first child syndrome. Expectations for Sven are higher, so he has to do more than other people to meet muster. They want him to be great, not good, and I support that. But I also wonder if, in so wanting, they aren't allowing him to progress from decent to good to great, and wanting too much too soon.
Edit: a quick example. When Feaster was fired, wasn't Sven immediately sent down to the AHL? Players this year, including Gaudreau, have been given the benefit of a game or two in the pressbox and then the opportunity to work their way back into the lineup. Sven was buried in the AHL and eviscerated in the media. That's not equal treatment. Even if that was a year ago and there are new policies in place, what happened happened.