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Originally Posted by Textcritic
It is not as big of a deal when you consider that Baertschi has only played one full season of juniour hockey prior to this one. Crosby and Richards both grew up living, breathing, and learning the Canadian hockey climate and the game.
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That seems like a lot of overrated BS as plenty of Euros have no problem coming over to NA and doing well.
Throw in the fact that Baertschi was a late 92 draftee and it does make a huge difference in comparing numbers to other players, especially RNH.