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Originally Posted by Galakanokis
He wasn't stuck, he sucked and sulked. His junior coached called him out on it and he made significant changes mentally and worked at his game and it paid off. This is by his own admission. If he done that with the Flames he probably would have been in the show a year early. This has little to do with the Flames and more to do with two teams nearly giving up on him in a span of a year.
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There was actually a bit on TV about how he used his hobby of drawing to get control of his mentality while in Utica. In the same segment Hrudey mentioned he saw Baertschi sulking in the hallway and thought to himself "this kid is never going to make it", and then congratulated Sven on finally turning it around.