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Originally Posted by Red Menace
I know it makes everyone feel better to try and paint Sven as some kind of spoiled entitled brat, but there is absolutely no evidence of this.
The team formed an opinion about him and decided he wasn't in their plans, that's it.
You can try and pretend that his play didn't "earn" him a spot, but the truth is when he played with top players he performed more than satisfactorily for someone of his age. When he played on the 4th line with Bollig he struggled.
He's gone now so it doesn't matter much, but we don't ned to attack his character every single day.
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Exactly.
Don't hate on the kid, he's just trying to make it into the NHL and although I disagree with his methods (and that of his agent), it's not worth holding a grudge over. I still think he's got tons of potential, but I think he's too much of emotional rollercoaster to reach it.
If he can figure out his mental game, he'll be a player. As time goes on that has looked less and less likely though- to the point that he became expendable to the Flames. Now all that's left to hope for is a good player from that (hopefully 44th) 2nd round pick.