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Originally Posted by Hack&Lube
If Sven does well in the AHL for the remainder of this season, I'd like to see him get a call-up and be able to play with Monahan again, like when he was producing last year before the demotion. He doesn't belong on the 3rd/4th line with scrubs.
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He can only get a call up and play with Monahan if either Gaudreau or Glencross get hurt. And he won't be on his line if Monahan keeps getting the job of shutting down the top lines on other teams.
Michael Backlund doesn't appreciate being called a scrub. If Sven plays on his wing on a third line, I doubt you can complain that he's not got a decent centre. And if you can only be a points producer when playing with a particular guy, maybe it's not a good thing. Should Byron (who was a points guy in the Q) make a similar complaint?
It wasn't just a lack of production that hurt Sven this year. He just didn't play very well. Ferland had no points, but most agree he just looked like an NHL player in waiting. Byron is lacking in production, but he gets great looks and is a demon on the forecheck. Sven had a lot of one and done rushes, and was not effective in the forecheck very often.
Maybe Sven should expand his repertoire a bit so he can play in more situations. I'm pretty sure that's what the Gallagher comments were about - an undersized points producer who learned a significant role.