Sven "Fricken" Bartschi!

[Hockey_Ninja]

Bump in reminder of the Hawks game tonight on Sportsnet

[J epworth]

Great article about Sven Bartschi by Kent Wilson:

http://flamesnation.ca/2011/12/9/sven-baertschi-emerges

[Itse]

Originally Posted by J epworth kendal

Great article about Sven Bartschi by Kent Wilson:

http://flamesnation.ca/2011/12/9/sven-baertschi-emerges

I like this part:

The Portland Winterhawks are a high octane team and there is some speculation of whether Baertschi was benefiting from his environment. What the 51% number (% of team offense) suggests, however, is that he is the straw stirring the drink.

[868904]

Originally Posted by Oling_Roachinen

Now for Ferland, I'm not going to directly compare him to Casey Pierro-Zabotel, but like Pierro-Zabotel he's using his size to an advantage. With Pierro-Zabotel you couldn't knock him off the puck or out of the crease, he was too strong for the majority of WHL players, and along with good linemates who could get him to the puck, he just drove to the net or parked in front and waited. But, as time and time has shown again, at 210 pounds you can get away with that in the WHL, it's not as easy when you're going up against men. He couldn't make in the AHL and now he's in the ECHL, which comes to no surprise to everyone who watched him play and knew he wouldn't make it in the NHL without drastically improving his skating. And the list of big players who put up big points in the WHL who don't make it in the NHL is far bigger than those that do, like Cracknell. Thankfully Ferland is a better skater than Pierro-Zabotel, but like I said before, despite only being a couple spots below Bartschi in the leading scorer chart I don't got the same expectations, very few people do.

Good post.

I think the good thing about Ferland is that his upside is as a goal scoring power forward, but his downside is as an enforcer who can play. There may be other knocks about his skills, but I don't think anyone who's been watching his fights on youtube, can question his ability to fight.

If you can pick up a Chris Neil type in the low rounds of the draft, you've done a good job.

[sworkhard]

Originally Posted by 868904

Good post.

I think the good thing about Ferland is that his upside is as a goal scoring power forward, but his downside is as an enforcer who can play. There may be other knocks about his skills, but I don't think anyone who's been watching his fights on youtube, can question his ability to fight.

If you can pick up a Chris Neil type in the low rounds of the draft, you've done a good job.

He could very well become a Brandon Prust type of spark plug - a guy that can fight and score some goals.

[Puppet Guy]

Originally Posted by sworkhard

He could very well become a Brandon Prust type of spark plug - a guy that can fight and score some goals.

so long as we don't pull a Prust and trade Ferland twice.

[Metro Gnome]

Originally Posted by Itse

I like this part:

That's the most encouraging number for me I think. I've been looking at % of team offense by Flames forward prospects for a couple of years and they have almost always settled between 25-35%. 51% is just off the charts.

[#-3]

I was just looking at the WHL scoring leaders and noticed that Sven was the only player over 2ppg, so I decided to check the entire CHL there are 3 players over 2ppg.

Colts OHL Tanner Pearson 19, Undrafted 2.2ppg
Winterhawks WHL Sven Baertschi 19, Flames 13th Overall 2.16ppg
Sting OHL Nail Yakupov 18, 2012 Eligible, 2.04ppg

[moon]

Originally Posted by #-3

I was just looking at the WHL scoring leaders and noticed that Sven was the only player over 2ppg, so I decided to check the entire CHL there are 3 players over 2ppg.

Colts OHL Tanner Pearson 19, Undrafted 2.2ppg
Winterhawks WHL Sven Baertschi 19, Flames 13th Overall 2.16ppg
Sting OHL Nail Yakupov 18, 2012 Eligible, 2.04ppg

Hubredeau has 28 points in 13 games this year in the Q.

[malcolmk14]

Pearson, Tanner (August 1992) - Undrafted - 2.20
Bartschi, Sven (October 1992) - Calgary Flames '11 - 2.16
Huberdeau, Jonathan (June 1993) - Florida Panthers '11 - 2.15
Yakupov, Nail (October 1993) - 2012 Eligible - 2.04
Stone, Mark (May 1992) - Ottawa Senators '10 - 1.97
Scheifele, Mark (March 1993) - Winnipeg Jets '11 - 1.89

[Knalus]

Originally Posted by malcolmk14

Pearson, Tanner (August 1992) - Undrafted - 2.20
Bartschi, Sven (October 1992) - Calgary Flames '11 - 2.16
Huberdeau, Jonathan (June 1993) - Florida Panthers '11 - 2.15
Yakupov, Nail (October 1993) - 2012 Eligible - 2.04
Stone, Mark (May 1992) - Ottawa Senators '10 - 1.97
Scheifele, Mark (March 1993) - Winnipeg Jets '11 - 1.89

Who's Tanner Pearson? I wonder if he would be worth a shot at a contract?

[#-3]

Originally Posted by moon

Hubredeau has 28 points in 13 games this year in the Q.

Sorry didn't think to look below 30 points on the list.

[jkstuart12]

Originally Posted by Knalus

Who's Tanner Pearson? I wonder if he would be worth a shot at a contract?

There's a cool article about him on TSN.ca right now. He made the World Jr team.

http://tsn.ca/world_jrs/story/?id=382746

[Bill Bumface]

I will say "shutout" all day long at a Flames game where Kipper hasn't let any goals in yet, but being a long time Flames fan, a thread getting excited about a prospect scares the crap out of me.

[Bar-Down]

Originally Posted by jkstuart12

There's a cool article about him on TSN.ca right now. He made the World Jr team.

http://tsn.ca/world_jrs/story/?id=382746

Sign him Feaster!

[gonzo29]

Pearson is still eligible for the upcoming draft, therefore he can't be signed at this time. I think McKenzie said right now he'll probably be a second or third rounder. Must have some holes in his game considering the numbers he's putting up.

[kirant]

Originally Posted by Knalus

Who's Tanner Pearson? I wonder if he would be worth a shot at a contract?

He's one hell of a late bloomer. Last season was 40 something points and this year decided he wanted to get drafted at the age of 20.

I don't know a whole lot about him, but they are apparently projecting him in the 1st round right now...just absolutely dominates the games he's been in though.

[North East Goon]

From what I have seen of Pearson, he is not the best skater, that's probably what's holding him back a little.

[Trailer Fire]

Iunno if it's proper to bump this thread for the WJC but I'm doing it anyways.

By the way, I don't know who is captain or anything and a quick googling didn't help me. I would assume Sven has some sort of leadership role, but who has the letters?

[getbak]

He's wearing the "A" for Switzerland.