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Originally Posted by Street Pharmacist
I love Bartschi's game, but let's not call him a saviour until he does it at the NHL level. C'mon, we're starting to sound like Oiler fans with Schremp. Or Whaler fans with Domenichelli, or countless other players
Domnechelli - 148pts in 62 games for Kamloops in '95-'96
Schremp - 145 in 57 games for London in '05-'06
Peter Sarno - 130pts in 68 games for Sarnia in '98-'99
Corey Locke - 150pts in 66 games for Ottawa in '02-'02
The list goes on. To do it in the Dub is definately harder, and he looks VERY promising, but let's not get ahead of ourselves. Junior success is a fairly good predictor of Major League success, but it ain't foolproof...
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Sure but you have to look at the book on those players. Schremp had skating and rumoured attitude issues. Domenichelli had strength issues which were quite apparent at the NHL level especially in the old NHL. Not as familiar with Sarno and Locke but I think at least one of them had skating or size (or both) concerns.
Bartschi's skating is good. He already didn't too out of place in exhibition/preseason this year. I don't think strength will be a huge concern with him.
There was a reason to believe the players you mentioned might not become NHL stars. I don't see anything holding Baertschi back from being one at this point. If there was he wouldn't have been a potential top 10 pick in a decent draft year. Size/skating/strength concerns would have dropped him lower in the draft. You'll notice none of Domenichelli, Sarno, Locke and Schremp went that high and only Schremp was a 1st rounder at all.