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Originally Posted by madmike
Can anyone who is watching the Heat comment on Baertschi?
His AHL stats are absolutely brutal - worse than his NHL stats actually. 4 points in 15 games and a -7.
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He has looked almost as brutal as his stats. He will have occasional flashes of brilliance, but not enough to be a factor in most games. Most games, I don't even notice him on the ice because his linemates and other Heat players are playing on a different level then he is right now. Friday was probably the best game from him in awhile, but he couldn't finish and bobbled the puck. That being said, he's also not doing things with the puck behind the play to get that quiet recognition that some guys make a career out of. He's a passenger right now, not someone who is supposed to be head and shoulders above everyone else there. He is being out-shined by Reinhart and Granlund, both players who should be "lower" then him.
He has hit a stall in his development and guys are going to start passing him on the depth chart because he's running out of time to use the "I'm the 6th overall pick" as a reason for getting where he is. He needs to put some hard work in and turn around his game and buying into the fact he is an AHL player and will be until he proves otherwise.