The good thing about the Baertschi trade at the end of the day - is that it reinforces the "earned, never given" motto of the team with the young and upcoming crop of players.
It doesn't matter if your a first round draft pick, or how great your father says you are, if you don't earn every minute of ice time then you won't be getting the ice time you want.
And if you think your an "up and comer" and have a sense of entitlement and think that you automatically belong with the big club, without earning it every shift - then things may not work out as planned.
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