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Originally Posted by calgarywinning
They did use the 2nd round pick to select Andersson which is a positive. The media, especially in Vancouver consider the trade to be a win for their team. I guess at the time there was limited choice and we have good top 6 players.
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If they do, it is a pretty understated opinion. It has been speculated by Canucks fans and media this Spring that pending RFA Baertschi is not in the team's long term plans. The Canucks could conceivably move on from him this summer, and most of their fans would likely not feel very strongly about it.
I think that Baertschi's history with the Flames and his current place in the Canucks lineup has a tendency to be badly exaggerated. Let us be clear here: he is already 25-years old, has played in seven NHL seasons, and has never registered more than 18 goals and 35-points. Bear in mind that his production in Vancouver has come with a top-line assignment, and with time on the powerplay. He is a decent NHL forward, but hardly worth pining over.
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The point of my post was to show how an asset like Baertschi was handled. He may have been asked to be traded, but it didn't help to have Burke running around in the media jabbing him, coaching staff... etc. Then we wonder why he had a bad attitude.
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There were rumblings about Baertschi's entitlement issues long before Burke ever arrived in Calgary. Moreover, after he was traded to the Canucks, he spent a good, long stretch of time in the AHL where he was challenged by Utica and Vancouver coaches to change his game and his attitude in order to find some NHL success.