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Originally Posted by timbit
For those who watched, does it look like Sven needs another season to mature in minors?
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Yes. He's by no means a consistent player however at parts of the season you could see him start to play a better defensive game and turn on some of his offence, however it only lasted a game or two at a time. Most of the games this season you'd have to really look to see if he was playing, he disappeared most nights. He was 10th on the team in scoring in the same place scoring wise as college guys Ben Hanowski and Josh Jooris, both who went through horrible slumps as part of the normal college learning curve. He also sat 11th on the team for SOG with just 87 in 41 games. For someone whose supposed to be more offensive upside to make up for the lack of defensive play, it doesn't really speak well for him.
I think the Flames would choose to keep him in the AHL for another year and get him playing consistent hockey with bigger minutes then he would see playing in the NHL the same way because at this point he's a 4th liner in the NHL, maybe. Keep Sven and Knight together in the AHL for another year and let them develop the chemistry that Reinhart and Granlund did that allowed both of them to take their game to the next level.
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Originally Posted by PlayfulGenius
where did Kane LaFranchise come from???
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We found him on the Aces team and signed him.
He's been in the Alaska system for awhile. Played for the University of Alaska for 4 years and then was a player on the Aces for 4 years. He's signed PTO's with OKC and Houston Aero's but only got a few games. He seems to have stuck in Abbotsford.
Edit: He's apparently still on the Aces playoff roster so we could send him back and let him go on the Aces playoff run now too.
