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Originally Posted by Ashasx
Bob McKenzie mentioned last season that coaches in the NHL right now are better than they have ever been. But their biggest flaw is that they pick favorites and condemn others. We even heard this from Horak and Cervenka after they moved on from the Flames.
Even the best coaches do this. Maybe it's the way the player carries himself, or perhaps their is a communication barrier. Either way, I'm not blaming anyone.
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I could get on board with this if Sven continues his recent success in Addy for another month or two and still doesn't get a chance.
I dunno though. The guy needs to produce points to be effective, that's his game. He has produced at a 0.7 PPG clip in his career in the AHL and a 0.4 PPG clip in the NHL pretty consistently. That's not too bad, but his only game really is production. That's why coaching staff want to teach him more about the game so if he's not producing he's still a valuable player. If he's producing at a rate of 0.4 PPG in the NHL, and he doesn't add any physicality, strong defensive play, PK, etc... he would be playing top 6 minutes over GlenX and Gaudreau? Hmmmm.
If he was producing at a > point per game clip in the AHL and was still not getting a chance, I would agree with you. He needs to make it hard for coaching staff to ignore him, a la Jooris or Gaudreau. He's definitely starting to and needs to keep it up. It's not so black and white though, both sides of the Sven debate could be argued rationally. So IMO taking a really strong stance either way is kind of pointless. He needs to make it black and white.