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Originally Posted by mile
Sven said he felt slighted? Or is Tomlinson just speculating?
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That last bit about feeling slighted definitely sounded more like Tomlinson was speculating. But the first bit, about Baertschi not feeling as comfortable in #27 sounded much more like information gleaned from a conversation with the player himself.
The first part is ridiculous because of how trivial it is, and for how badly it reflects on Baertschi's psychological fortitude.
The second part is just ignorant, and makes no sense in light of the significance that Burke attached to the lower numbers. Besides, I believe that the numbers belonging to Ferland, Bennett, and Jooris are training camp numbers. I don't believe that players in the past two years have been given the option of the lower "team" numbers mid season. Of course these players still have their old numbers, because that is how it works around here. This is precisely how Baertschi was handled as well.