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Originally Posted by Textcritic
I think it is fair to conclude that the coaches do believe that Baertschi can play in the NHL, which is why they are not punching his ticket to Abbotsford. This is more a case of him not performing up to expectations that they are confident he can meet, now. Send players to play in the AHL if they are clearly overwhelmed and showing signs that they are not ready. Baertschi doesn't really fall into that group.
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Maybe, but I'm not sure I fully understand where Hartley stands on all of this. The "Branch Savardian" side of me see's this:
Sven - went from a enthusiastic, worked hard at both ends of the ice (in junior), craving to learn player to suddenly a pouter and 1 way player?
Backlund - no progress, now at the prime of his career age-wise
Horak - went from NHLer (ok at least the first half of his 61-game stint) to 2 years in the AHL
At least Monahan is playing well though.
Maybe Hartley, et al are the experts and I'm just a armchair fan without years of experience in the Swiss league. But to me, when I see this and Sven not playing.... well I guess I don't think its unreasonable to think there is something not right here.