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Originally Posted by Five-hole
Really? It can't be debated whether Ferland or Baertschi is our top LW prospect?
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It can be debated, for sure, but I think the organization even considers Ferland the better prospect right now and you saw it with the fact Ferland had more ice time and more opportunities to contribute over more games than Baertschi.
Baertschi would by the top organizational prospect not named Bennett if he had not been regressing.
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Baertschi is a legit prospect. And he is a CALGARY FLAME. Why some people are way more intent on pointing out his flaws, bad games, and bad shifts than any other of our prospects blows my mind.
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It's pointed out because there seem to be some people who have trouble accepting the reality of the prospect's problems, and then there are heated debates about whether or not it's a problem with Sven or some other reason/excuse that posters provide. Someone else pointed out that due to where he was drafted Baertschi can do no wrong in some fan's eyes, whereas Jankowski can do no right because people thought it was a poor pick. I heartily agree.
If you're asking me between Ferland and Baertschi who did I think had a more positive impact on a game in their recent call ups? Ferland, without a doubt, and it wasn't really close. IMO Ferland is the better of the two prospects at this point because it's more likely Ferland plays for years in the NHL and I am more and more doubtful about Sven's future in the NHL. If you're not likely to have a long NHL career you're not that good of a prospect, no matter how much talent you have.