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Originally Posted by Textcritic
At present, I am cautiously optimistic that Baertschi's ceiling is and always has been a lot higher than Backlund's. I really like Backlund, but he lacks the sorts of intangibles in his game that have many projecting Baertschi to be a star.
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To be fair, there were scouts who projected Backlund as a potential top 10 pick with #1C upside in his draft year. They play different games and played in different developmental leagues for the most part, but as a draft prospect, I don't think there's much separating Backlund and Baertschi.