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Originally Posted by Ashasx
The Flames have given other prospects that have shown far less new contracts.
It's not in the Flames best interests to release Baertschi for nothing. We are not near that point.
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Baertschi needs to earn a contract. Plain and simple. I don't know of other prospects who have shown less in the past couple of years, compared against expectations, and earned a contract. If other teams are seeing this and don't want him near their prospects, then it is becoming pretty obvious where the problems lay. If he doesn't step up, why would you offer him a contract and eat away the numbers you have to play with. The smart play might be to encourage him to go back to Europe and see if his game develops. The Flames can retain his rights and put him someplace where he might get better and not impact the rest of the prospects.