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Originally Posted by CsInMyBlood
Not trying to stomp all over your post, but Baertschi has one more goal than Ferland in 10 less games and 4 more points than Versteeg in two less games.
I understand most Flames fans just want to write Sven off as a bust and pretend he couldn't even make our roster but its just not the case. He has been good for Vancouver, far from just a passenger.
It gives me hope that Curtis Lazar can be our Sven Baertschi here, many coincidences between them.
Both stapled to the fourth line, both felt they weren't getting enough ice time, both didn't have the confidence of their coaches, both young and showed their lack of maturity by asking for a trade, both had the team that drafted them decide that it was time to move on and a second round pick was sufficient.
If Curtis can find his game here, like Sven has in Vancouver, then this was a great move by Treliving.
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Baertschi had a junior season exponentially better than Lazar's (2ppg in D+1 vs 1.3 in D+1 season)
Baertschi was better in the AHL (though Lazar hasn't played there much)
Baertschi had much better numbers in the NHL as well.
There's nothing suggesting he could be our Baertschi (and I do not believe Baertschi would be ahead of Johnny or Tkachuk anyways). It's not impossible, but I'm seriously doubtful here