The whole not playing hard in all 3 zones criticism I don't agree with. I've watched every game and I've really never seen Baertschi not skate back hard or attack the puck in the neutral zone when there are puck battles on his wing. Easy enough to spot an example of not playing hard when you've got Glencross loafing around all game setting the bar.
I don't know maybe others disagree, but I haven't seen a lot of criticism of him in game threads or discussions either.
Calling people stupid over and over again doesn't really change my opinion. It seems like they are having personality issues behind the scenes or something more than meets the eye is going on, because on ice he has looked fine to me. Either that or burke and hartley, both noted for loving physical play, are trying to change the type of player he is more fundamentally.
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