The kid is a 35-40 point player in the NHL already. Dont exactly know what the Flames want him to prove in the AHL. If you know that he takes demotion hard, then dont demote him and try to make him the best player in the NHL while playing in the NHL ... every person is built different psychologically....its not the job of the Flames to potentially derail his career by putting him through #### mentally that he obviously cant handle...
At this point, I think they should just trade Baertschi and watch him become a Savard/MSL by some team who will let him play in the NHL while putting up with his struggles.
Some kids...you cant behave like this with...and one of those kids is clearly Sven Baertschi. As far as I remember, Martin St. Louis was the same way and is the exact same way to this day.
The only solution to this situation is to either give him playing time top 6 in the NHL and let him develop and be patient
OR
trade him and stop from potentially mentally scarring this fragile kid and derailing this kid and his love for hockey.
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