What I seen of Baertschi in his first two seasons is that he was getting beat up on the boards and took a lot of heavy hits. Whether he got his bell rung too many times, I can't say but he looks to be gun shy and possibly damaged goods. This season he came in bigger and stronger but still loses the puck battles as he isn't big and strong enough. He could try to compensate by having a quick stick like Gaudreau but that doesn't seem to be his game and like he says, he just wants to play his game which isn't good enough.
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