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Originally Posted by Street Pharmacist
Selfish? Egocentric?
You won't find a single person with anything bad to say about Baertschi as a person, in fact the opposite. He felt he wasn't going to get a chance, so he used the only currency he had. This isn't your average career path, things need to go right for a hockey player to make the NHL.
I'm sorry you're so upset about it all, but inserting character flaws is a little ridiculous
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He said the right things to the media, spin it how you want. The trade request and ultimatum tells me all I need to know, thanks. The dude was prepared to play in Europe rather that wear our icky jersey. All before his ELC had even expired and before he had proven a damned thing.