Very good value for him. 2nd pick more tradeable then him, if it comes down to that.
The basics? It's fairly clear that Hartley doesn't like him one bit, look at the call up history, or lack thereof. With Hartley extended, that's that, bet the agent asked for a trade at that point.
Didn't help that the former GM anointed him at the end of the 2012 season to help him with the entitlement...but the same GM's tune had changed before the puck dropped the next year, clearly Hartley (who coached in Switzerland) got an instant impression of what he was dealing with, and the GM changed his tune as mentioned.
A year on, and Burke, an outsider to that point, had the same impression upon arrival.
That's pretty much that, and 2 years later, Sven hasn't done anything to change minds, and as mentioned, numerous prospects have clearly jumped him.
Given that situation, good work to get that value back. One of my friends made a point today; he's a prime target for heading to Europe at some point, and if he doesn't crack the Canucks lineup that's a very good chance in a year or so given his attitude.
Is he Dustin Boyd V2.0? Certainly trends that way, previous coaches were supposedly holding Boyd back according to many, then he gets the chance and really does nothing, and out of the league a few years, 32 goals in 220 games.
Sven was another young guy who made the most of an emergency call up 3 years ago. He was the younger guy that so many here really wanted to be the "next guy" era, with all the vets on that Flames team under Sutter...and with that stigma attached to him ever since. Now he's supposedly been punished and held back, when the reality is that he's just not that "next guy" he's just that guy who potted a couple goals in his first 4 games 3 years ago and hasn't done enough to crack a young NHL lineup the last two years.
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