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Originally Posted by Textcritic
Hartley may be making a mistake, but I honestly couldn't know one way or the other based on the information at hand. This is sort of my point: it is foolish and shortsighted to conclude that this is an idiotic roster decision because it is not the same decision I would make. By the same token, while I don't understand what is going on, and I am concerned that the coaching staff makes the right decisions, I can't pretend to know more than they do bout what those decisions are.
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Surely you have enough information to hold an opinion. Most observers can agree that Baertschi brings more the lineup than Jackman and many others. Hartley says the motivation for sitting him is that the coaching staff's number one priority is to win games. Sure you can speculate on possible justifictions but it doesn't sit right with most fans or neutral observers because on the face of it, it's a bad hockey decision.
Not sure why you take a deferential approach to coaches when it comes to personnel assessments when you do not take the same approach to their attitudes on fighting.