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Originally Posted by Where ru Chris O'Sullivan
Anytime you trade a Mid First Rounder whom at least showed some 'promise' in the NHL, for a mid Second Rounder you lose.
But all excuses removed leaving YYC, Sven is going to have to prove his mishandling and produce. If he doesn't, this goes back on the flames drafting dept. ala. Feaster, Wesibrod, Button and yet another questionable / bad first round selection in Calgary's history.
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I'm not sure it can be that simple. People are now going to look to see what Sven does to either justify the Flames move or to show that they mishandled Sven. But we'll never really know. So many factors could go into. Truth of the matter is, the Flames development system could be just fine, the way Hartley handles players could be just find, and Sven's ability to be a top 6 forward in this league might be there as well, and his attitude might be ok as well. I'm not saying I believe all of those statements, but they actually could be all true and it still not have worked out in Calgary for Sven.
Fact is, sometimes, there also needs to simply be a fit and maybe the Flames development style and Sven just aren't a fit. You have to hope that a development style of a team is flexible enough to tailor to individual prospects needs to ensure best results, but at some point, sometimes there just simply isn't a cultural fit, and a good player, as well as a good team may just have to part ways in order for both to get best value. It's no different than other things in life from our regular jobs to relationships.
I personally believe here (without full facts obviously) that Sven was having a tough time "competing" to be an NHL player. For whatever reason, he thought he'd "made it" after his first call up (combination maybe of his fault and management at the times fault), and when he was required the following season to "prove he was a regular NHL player" something he thought he already did, he mentally didn't deal with it well (this part is his fault). That, has spiralled to the point where for Sven, he was never going to get over it, never overcome the fact he thought he'd been wronged by the Flames, and his only option was to request a change of scenery. Don't get me wrong, that in it's self to me suggests a lack of mental toughness, and IMO Sven will have to get over as his career progresses if he wants to truly make it, because there is no way this is the last piece of adversity he will face. But at least for him, he's now facing forward with whatever comes his way, and not looking back in the rear view focused on what he's perceived as wrongs.
Only time will tell if Sven actually has the ability or not to make it. But regardless, it is fully possible for Sven to be a legit NHL talent, and for Hartley and the Flames to be a good development team / program and even that they didn't miss handle Sven. Sometimes, the fit just isn't there.