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Originally Posted by New Era
The problem with Baertschi is he has not taken the next step at either level of hockey he's played in since junior. He has not shown an ability to control play let alone be a dominant player. He is highly skilled but he doesn't appear to want to take the physical risks it takes to be high end player in the North American professional ranks.
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I wonder if the team might have a longer view of this problem in light of some of his problems with injuries in the past two years, which quite likely have had a palpable psychological impact on his game.
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Originally Posted by New Era
The other problem with Baertschi is he is in the last year of his entry level contract...
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I suspect that the team exercises some flexibility in their employment of this rule to each player individually. We will see, but based on what we have heard compared to what we have seen, the team seems to take a much more focused individual approach to each player's development. For all we know, circumstances and history have affected the hard and fast employment of this rule for a player like Baertschi.