What you can learn from Savard and St Louis is that sometimes it takes years to figure out how to do your best in the NHL - especially if you're a small guy. So, patience.
The discussion has expanded considerably, but what I personally saw and what has been noticed by others that Bärtschi maybe did not play with the level of urgency you'd expect from a 20-year-old at an NHL camp, whether he is a skilled guy or a grinder, first round pick or undrafted. You want to see 100% from a kid like him.
He hasn't played badly. It's not cause for alarm. But I see highly rated prospects on other teams playing harder. Can't pretend that's not the case. It's not about playing defense either. Just full drive, full focus.
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