Quote:
Originally Posted by Crumpy-Gunt
...Rico Fata, Schremp, wth are you guys talking about.
This kids played under 82 NHL games and is around .5ppg
|
He has scored 4 points in 16 games this season, and has not looked very good in a single one of them.
Quote:
Originally Posted by Crumpy-Gunt
I hate the canucks as well but this is stupid. Sven is a decent prospect. Only a few months ago we voted him as a top 5 prospect on this very forum.
|
Before THIS season. This was his chance to prove his worth, and he never rose to the occasion. He is not as good a prospect today as he was a year ago—in part because of being a year closer to waiver eligibility, and also because he has not improved since his draft year. That's just the way it is.
Quote:
Originally Posted by Crumpy-Gunt
And all the back check, soft etc. We have had players named Cervenka, Hagman, Huselius, Raymond and I would argue Gaudreau sucks defensively asides from his ability to poke check and stick lift using his sleight of hand to his advantage..
|
A few of those were/are very good offensive players. Baertschi is not.
Quote:
Originally Posted by Crumpy-Gunt
How different the tone of this thread would be if we just called up Sven today after he lead the baby flames to the playoffs only for him to score the game winner vs phx on the PP on a feed from monahan and stay up the rest of the season / playoffs taking Raymonds spot...
|
Indeed. But that's not what happened.
Quote:
Originally Posted by Crumpy-Gunt
The reason the winning response on this poll is we did ok considering the circumstances is 99% of flames fans know had we not publically called the kid out and pooped on our whole "earned never given" motto by throwing out Setoguchi, Galliardi, Shore, Jooris, Streete and others players who imo didnt deserve a spot more than sven.
|
I have to think that you are not serious about this. The majority responded the way they did most likely because Baertschi is at this point in his career looking very likely to be a marginal NHL player.
Quote:
Originally Posted by Crumpy-Gunt
Im dissapointed and its crappy asset management. Sven will play in this league. He will play in our division, our conference and bite us in the ass. I'm sure of it...
|
I'm not holding my breath. He didn't look very good the other night. Like he hasn't looked very good at any point this season. I expect that this is the player he has become, and that is not a player with a bright and long NHL career ahead of him.