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Originally Posted by Street Pharmacist
I think your Baertschi argument though is a bit wrong. Only because I think the ratings are not just about current development, but also potential. While that is certainly subjective, he's only just-turned 22 and did incredible things as a 19 year old. If we're looking at a snapshot of where they are now, I'd agree with you
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I was taking into account future development and I still think that Poirier and Wotherspoon have a better upside then Sven at this time. Both are going forward, Baertschi is going backwards. Yes, Baertschi is only 22 and plenty of time to develop, but you can't turn a blind eye to the fact he's sliding backwards. That's great he had a few good games as a 19 year old. What has he done to show that wasn't a fluke? He's not showing great strides in improvement, he's not showing that he's getting better. His confidence issues are really an issue and again, yes he's young, but the argument that he's young runs out at some point. He's in his 3rd professional season and a 1st round pick, we can start being realistic now that things aren't working out as planned and that people have passed him on the chart. Frankly, the fact that we have to defend and almost make excuses for him as to why he should still be a top prospect tells me he doesn't belong up there anymore. He could be good, he could smarten up, he could end up the player we thought he was, but this is the same thing we were saying a few years ago when he first started dropping off.