The Flames gave Baertschi a real number. Hartley will not be around much longer.
If Burke/Trevling thought that Hartley was going to out-last Baertschi as a Flame they would have had him play 20 games and get his 10 pts or so as he is clearly capable and then trade him for a top young D-man. I don't think there would be a lot of argument that Baertschi would produce... maybe significantly on a line with Monahan or Backlund.
Baertschi just based on his NHL games has as good a NHL record as fellow 22-year old Tyler Toffoli for instance.
Right now the other teams can clearly see that Baertschi is not fitting in with the Flames... His trade value will be very low.
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