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Originally Posted by Where ru Chris O'Sullivan
We are in agreement, that even Sven our lord and saviour still ages? If he's not aging and infact immortal then we are not wasting his NHL career by letting him to return to Portland - I apologize.
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I don't think I quite understand this. Ar you actually suggesting that the Flames would be better off keeping Baertschi in the lineup because he is aging??? Unreal.
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Originally Posted by Where ru Chris O'Sullivan
On a team that spends to cap every year, a team that pays J-bo 6.68M/ Stajan 3.5M / Comeau 2.5/ etc etc, why would I care if someones eligibilty comes 1 year sooner? lol? If your telling me as I think you are, that he, by staying up now (when we need him more than ever) is going to cost us 1 whole season sooner, a whopping 3,4,5 million more than he would make, where is my cheque book??
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It is not just that it will cost more money one season sooner, it is that it will cost a lot more money in a year in which Baertschi will likely be producing at a higher rate than he is now. You are basically sacrificing a full year of a 22-year-old player with two full year's NHL experience for a few games of a 19-year-old player with none. How can you think that this is a good trade-off?
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Originally Posted by Where ru Chris O'Sullivan
Seriously guys?? if the drawback is paying him real money 1 year earlier than projected, but were getting this kind of performance from him down the stretch and hopefully into the post-season... I dont know where your heads are, truly.
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Some of us are thinking about the health of this franchise beyond the next two weeks or a month, and Baertschi is very much a big part of that future. I understand that you crave immediate returns, but patient investment usually results in a much higher yield in the future. This is what the Flames are doing: Planning long-term and factoring Baertschi into that plan.
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Originally Posted by Where ru Chris O'Sullivan
The only thing going to waste is talent that would be better served playing in the big league vs. tearing up a boys league.
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You make it sound as though Baertschi's skills are suddenly going to dry up as a result of playing in the WHL playoffs. Waste? There is nothing "wasted" here. He is not suddenly going to start running down or diminishing over the summer. Relax.
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Originally Posted by Where ru Chris O'Sullivan
Shame on you CP, so easily apologetic to players like CT, like Backs etc. that havent shown a thing in a flames jersey, but when real talent appears (nm actually backs it up with important goals in important games) you discount it and instead pretend to worry about the "overall state of this franchise"...Iggy and Kipper are real and there here now...this maybe their final hours, this is when you pull out the stops.
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Shame on you for setting your expectations for young players and for the franchise so outrageously high that as soon as someone falters, they are suddenly disposable.