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Originally Posted by kehatch
Agreed. And the idea that we are going to build a Stanley Cup contending team around Baertschi while our neighbors to the North have Eberle (who outscored Iggy this season), Hall, Hopkins, Yakupov, Klefbom, etc is silly.
I am excited about Baertschi and I think he will be an impact player in the NHL. But some people make it way to easy for Feaster to sell his snake oil to.
Baertschi is a great piece. But we need a whole lot more.
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They also have no real depth beyond those pieces at forward or in net. It'll take a lot more than those guys to win a cup.
And who's to say Baertschi won't be just as good of a player as Eberle? I'm not saying he will, but we can hope, and if so, he would be a great piece to build a franchise around.
Plus, it seems like the Oilers rushed Hall and RNH into the league. They might be able to put up points, but they were boys playing with men, and got beat up quite a bit, which is why they keep getting injured. If we become bottom dwellers, there would be a lot more pressure to rush these types of players rather than staying patient with their development, a la Seguin.