Didn't know where else to put this, so I thought this would do, given Treliving's comments regarding developing players slowly, and applies well to Baertschi.
On Toffoli and Pearson in L.A., by LeBrun
http://espn.go.com/nhl/playoffs/2014...ings-challenge
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"I think there's a difference between making a team and being ready," Kings GM Dean Lombardi said as he sat back in his office chair Wednesday. "It's analogous at times to how you see these quarterbacks in football, 'OK, he makes the team, but is he ready?' You see a young QB make a bad team in the NFL. 'OK, he's made the team, but is he really ready?' There's a difference. Given that the role both these kids will one day play for us, higher up in our lineup, it requires more training. It's a more difficult job description. I think we felt, the old adage, nobody ever failed from being over-prepared."
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Lombardi's eyes widen as he talks about going to see Pearson play an AHL game one night earlier this season.
"It was a game in Providence and I had told him I would be there in the building," the Mad Professor said. "He had two goals and an assist, and was the game's first star. I remember thinking, 'That's how do you do it. Stick it right up my a--.' He was awesome."
They both were awesome in AHL Manchester. Their response to that demotion was important.
"That's part of the test," Lombardi said. "Are you going to go down there and get better or are you going to pout? That's part of the player's growth."
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