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Originally Posted by Ashasx
I know it's easy for you to take criticism, hiding behind a forum avatar.
But it's been nothing but constant negativity regarding Baertschi these last 3 weeks. I don't care if you think hockey players aren't human (he's TWENTY years old), but this is not EA Sports NHL. Players are not simply statistics. They are not motivated the same way others are motivated.
When Baertschi has confidence, he plays with confidence and plays well. To me, this is just setting up the excuse to send him down to Abbotsford in a week.
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The bolded part is not true at all. The probelm you have is that any critisism of a player you like and you think its total negativity. You did the same thing last year when some posters thought Iggy was doing his own thing or had lost a step.
These guys are not robots and all have some flaws in their game. Nothing wrong telling Sven he has to work on his play without the puck. Its going to make him a better player in the long run.
Also if he can't work on his play without the puck in the NHL, then sending him down is the right thing to do. Obviously the Flames feel he can work on his game up in the NHL or they would have sent him down.