I am a little skeptical of the Sven comments. I really do think the Flames are hedging their bets big with this one in case that Sven shows some great growth and becomes an NHL player. He is still a young kid with great hands and needs to learn the defensive game on a consistent basis.
The truth is the Flames and the Sven camp held the same amount of cards here. If Sven didn't want to sign and from all indications he wasn't in the Flames plans then the player can walk and sign with another NHL team. I doubt that a team wouldn't have taken a chance on a 1 year 2 way deal with a former 1st rounder and junior hockey sniper.
Best to Sven in the future and best of luck to the Flames on the 2nd round pick.
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