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Originally Posted by cannon7
Max Reinhart was called up before Sven I believe and was sent down. Never got more than fourth line minutes. But that I don't hear any Flames fans questioning how he has been handled.
Baertschi should be encouraged that he has impressed the coaches beyond the likes of Reinhart and Knight. He probably will get sent down eventually, too, but if he keeps it up he'll be the first call-up.
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As much as people like to hope that the prospects compete on equal ground, the fact is 1st round picks are given a lot more rope than prospects that were drafted later. Obviously this only goes so far, but right now I think Baertschi is still living off the goodwill from being a 1st rounder. I personally don't think his play or production has warranted him staying in the NHL. I don't necessarily disagree with this approach either as 1st round picks are pretty important and it really sucks when they don't work out.
The team is winning and playing well though, so I don't see the harm in it.