Quote:
Originally Posted by ricardodw
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.
|
Laughable.
No he is not clearly capable...or he would be in Calgary.
Secondly, are you saying that Toffoli, who played significant minutes on the Stanley Cup champions is a comparable to Sven, at this point?
Toffoli developed slowly but surely in his time in Manchester and has turned into a very productive and reliable NHL forward. He has CLEARLY proved that on a far deeper and better team.
Sven can do the same. A big part of that is on his shoulders. He needs to suck it up and force the team's hand....just like Toffoli did.
Some would argue that Sven was NOT one of the top 3 F in Abbotsford last season.
Toffoli, a second round pick, was easily the best F in Manchester the previous 2 seasons. He bided his time, worked his ass off, improved, got called up... and has a cup ring.