He drew comparisons to NY Islanders 2010 #5 pick Nino Niederreiter shortly after he was drafted, not because they are all that much a like as players, but because of their common Swiss descent and the fact that they both played Juniour for the Winterhawks. In Niederreiter's draft year he produced 60 points in 65 games, and followed it up with 70 in 65 in his last season. For the same team, and in the absence of Neiderreiter and Johannson, Baertschi has scored at an exceptionally improbable 2 point/game clip, and has a fairly even distribution of points at even strength and on the powerplay.
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