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Originally Posted by Fire of the Phoenix
Maybe if they traded him in September 2013. However, by March 2015, it's safe to say the entire hockey world (except the geniuses in Vancouver) were well aware of Sven's deficiencies and impending waiver eligibility. I don't think Burke's comments from 1.5 years ago influenced this perception at all, I think it's fair to say other teams just don't like him much at this point/see him as a good NHL player. I bet Treliving was trying to trade him for sometime before the deadline, but no one really wanted him. Eventually he reluctantly traded him to a rival because no one else was dumb enough to match their offer.
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Friedman did say that he spoke to a scout of another team that didn't speak highly of Sven and I'm pretty sure the book was out on him.