For the most part, I'm okay with his ice time. I would like to see him used on the PP though.
I wonder if he is being directed to be more of a safe player than to take offensive chances, because he hasn't really tried anything "fancy" since returning from his injury. He had good chemistry with Backlund and was trying to be creative, and we haven't seen that since then. Is it his linemates? Hudler and Cervenka haven't been playing like gangbusters the past few games. It seems like Baertschi isn't getting breaks lately. He isn't getting good passes and his linemates aren't in a position to get the puck from him. Whether that is a result of Baertshi not being the right place at the right time or his linemates not playing well, I don't know.
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