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Originally Posted by btimbit
What did Burke say?
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Called him out, nothing that was that bad IMO.
Seen others been called out much worse then this.
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That I don’t know. That I don’t know. I’m not sure. … All I’ve seen so far is flashes of brilliance. Flashes of brilliance are fine if you’re working in the university, but they’re not much good to people in an NHL building.
“There are three zones in the ice surfaces in this league. I don’t see that he’s learned to play and compete in two of them. He’s got to learn there’s a clock in this league and there’s so many minutes in the game and that you’ve got to compete through all of it. I see this is a guy who’s focusing on one area [scoring] and even then, sporadically,” Burke said. “So I don’t know what we have.
“I’m not ready to quit on a young kid. I’m not ready to throw him under the bus here today and rip him, but I think you can tell from my comments that I see big holes and I see a lack of commitment that’s not going to get him anywhere in my books.”
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IMO the poor relationship started at development camp that offseason, where it had been reported that Sven didn't want to attend and the Flames made him.
Downhill ever since then. Baertschi felt he was entitled to be in the NHL (asking for a trade and refusing to re-sign seems to prove this) and the Flames were not happy with him and had him in the AHL.