I completely disagree with this decision to sit baertschi... he's improving and he has played well with Monahan. His effort has been there every night and he's been great defensively. Shame this has to happen a day after Monahan gets the news he's sticking with the club. Good for baertschi to respond the way he did today. Seems like he plans to earn back a spot he didn't deserve to lose.
It concerns me how the kids are treated sometimes on this team... I like that they are held accountable but sometimes it feels like the coaches are too hard on them. Hartley has always been known to favour veterans and be very hard on rookies. Don't be surprised if Monahan gets sat the moment he goes 2 games without a point. It constantly feels like the kids have that hanging over them so it stifles part of their offensive game.
If this keeps happening, they will start hesitating to make a creative play or pass out of the zone and instead constantly just be chipping pucks in and out of zones for fear of making a mistake.
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