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Originally Posted by Ashasx
That was the joke.
It was absolutely pointless to bench Baertschi, and the coaches and management should be embarrassed.
We are a team in limbo with decisions like this, and I'm getting sick of it.
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Perhaps the point was to make it clear how hard you need to play to secure your spot in the NHL. Instead of handing it out, and having him turn out like the boys in Edmonton, perhaps there is very real value in showing him he has to work twice as hard as the veterans to stick.
It doesn't seem fair, nor would most on the board be happy if that were the case, but let's be frank: Hartley knows more about Baertschi than any of us ever will. I would have no problem putting him through the ringer and forcing him to push twice as hard to stick in the show, because once he DOES, he has that work ethic and durability ingrained in him.
I know we all want Bart to play every game, but development wise none of us can say this is a bad call. But hey, it's the Internet, so overreact like crazy I guess.