Not surprised he wanted out
After my initial reaction, I'm pretty happy with the deal now. Glad the pick is this year. The fact he is waiver eligible next year makes this necessary. He is behind too many players now, and we'd lose him to waivers for nothing. If we were to wait until October to trade him the best we'd get is what we have up for Colborne in a similar situation
I think Baertschi can turn into a player, but he's only ever going to be a 2nd line LW and nothing else, he's not suited for bottom 6
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