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An article with some Sven stuff:

http://www.abbynews.com/sports/heat/news/199439801.html

Baertschi hadn't scored in a game since way back on Nov. 16 vs. the Rochester Americans. In the interim, he'd waded through a couple of injuries and a goalless 10-game stint with the Calgary Flames.


But just past the eight-minute mark of the first period on Sunday in San Antonio, Krys Kolanos fired a centering pass from the corner that got deflected and bounced off Ben Walter's hip. The puck fluttered through the air into the slot, and we'll let Baertschi take the story from here.


"It lands right in front of me, but it's too far away," he recounted, eyes widening. "So I use a golf swing like this" – Baertschi mimed a nine-iron stroke, his hands close together – "and it goes in the net.


"Who would have thought that's how it would happen? Usually it's some greasy goal you stuff in (to break a slump)."

In the end, it made all kinds of sense to send the 20-year-old back to Abbotsford for more seasoning, but that doesn't mean the move didn't sting.


"I really felt uncomfortable to a point," Baertschi said, reflecting on his time with the Flames. "Stuff happened that, let's say, was tough to understand for me – coach's decisions and stuff.


"I had a tough time. Certain games I was playing well, but then I didn't get a big chance because maybe he (Hartley) didn't trust me enough yet. It's tough to say as a coach – he has a lot of pressure, because he has to make the playoffs this year.


"I was trying my best up there, and in the end, I guess I wasn't good enough."

It's nigh unto impossible, though, for a happy-go-lucky gent like Baertschi to be down for long. He noted that Anaheim Ducks superstars Ryan Getzlaf and Corey Perry, who recently signed contract extensions totaling $135 million, were both demoted to the AHL during their rookie seasons. And he knows there are people in this world who have it a lot worse than him.


"I see things on TV where people are poor or they have cancer – then I'm like, why am I so angry? Why am I so frustrated?" he said.

Baertschi is also drawing energy from being around his Heat teammates again.


"I love these guys here – they're awesome dudes," he said with a grin. "While I was up there (in Calgary), I really missed them."


"It's been a weird season so far," he added. "But that's the way it goes. I'm here, and I love these guys and the coaching staff and everything. I have fun down here."