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Originally Posted by Textcritic
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.
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Josh jooris was hardly forcing their hand either. I think he had 27 pts in over a full season in the ahl. How about Joe colborne walking into a roster spot. Drew shore basically doing the same. The whole setoguchi thing and how long they had the poor guy embarrassing himself while Sven was down In Addy or Abby. Oh did I mention Burke publically bashing the kid. That will do wonders for a prospects confidence and sense of belonging. Everything burke said was true. Just shouldn't have been said on camera. Should have only been a serious chat with the player. Also johnny isn't physical and asides from pokechecks and takeaways using his sleight of hand and tenacity he is just as big a liability defensively as Sven in my view. So if you give johnny the pass on physicality and being a solid 2 way player why can't Sven be an offensive specialist who is put in a position to thrive in the top 6 with pp time. The ahl is also a much much different league.
I can totally see why he wanted to leave. I'm upset at how we handled things.
Some fans just spew this regurgitated nonsense about earned never given blah blah. Its not the case 100% of the time.
I wish Sven all the best. Even if its on the nucks. I hope he becomes a perrenial all star because he has the talent and deserves to be seen and treated by some franchise the way we see gaudreau treated here. An offensive dynamo who you don't expect to be lance boumaing around the ice. Because that's not what he is. He wasn't that kind of player in junior and he won't be in the NHL. He will be a winger who is paired with a good 2way center and given a lot of freedom ala gaudreau.
Best of luck Sven. No hard feelings.