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Originally Posted by Red Menace
Well I think they should have played him in the first place and it wouldn't have got to that point. Once it had digressed, then yes perhaps they made the right move. But they were the ones who made it get to that point, so it's kind of hard to applaud them for degrading their own asset.
No more Sven talk.
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Too late for that.
You say they should have played him in the NHL in the first place, but this raises the question by what metric? Baertschi was hardly forcing the Flames hand by his level of play in the AHL, and was being outperformed by several other prospects this season. There was nothing about his play at either level this season that made him exceptional. In light of that, to Just "play him in the first place" would have been both undeserved, and completely out of line with the standard set for the team.