This has been the criticism of Hartley's treatment of Baertschi going back to February of last year.
Remember that time his family flew in from Europe to watch him play the hated Oilers and Hartley threatened to bench him after the game-day skate and then ended up playing him 4 minutes that game?
If he's not good enough, send him down. Playing him 8 minutes a night and scratching him for the others isn't doing anything for him or the team. Playing him on the 4th line while Tim Jackman gets 3rd line icetime does nothing for Baertschi or the team. Maybe it turned a conditional 7th into a 6th rounder.
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