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Originally Posted by Caged Great
None of the returning players I watched took a step backwards from where they were last year. That's more of a shock to me than anything. There's usually one guy that just falls off the face of the planet, but not this time.
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I think the guys that may have fallen off the face of the earth were not extended contracts or had exceeded the number of times they could come to this camp. There were some high profile guys that would have been been beneficial to see how they looked against their peers, unfortunately they were injured and unable to participate. The one guy that would have been most interesting to see was Baertschi, but he was unable to attend and also nursing his ribs. Of all the players we see as possible future Flames I think Baerstchi is the only one who had an off year in development. As Flamezilla suggested, this could be the make or break training camp for Baertschi. There are only so many positions on the NHL roster and he's got a lot of competition. Training camp is going to be very interesting this year.