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Originally Posted by Parallex
My favorite miss by the Flames... I had such high hopes for him... if you squinted you could see a Hossa in there when he played. Alas it wasn't to be but at least the Flames ended up with Rasmus as a result.
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Mine too. I'll always have some fondness for Baertschi because he was the first prospect in years that fans could actually get excited about.
After Phaneuf, the Flames had year after year of drafting guys like Kris Chucko, Matt Pelech, Leland Irving, Greg Nemisz, Tim Erixon, etc...
With Shelbyville getting 3 first round picks in a row in the early 2010s, it was nice to have a high end prospect to potentially build around. He never fully materialized, but he had a good NHL career and hopefully he does well as a coach.