It’s safe to say Vancouver Canucks general manager Jim Benning robbed the Calgary Flames when he landed Sven Baertschi at the 2015 trade deadline for a second-round pick.
Baertschi has become an excellent top-six forward for Vancouver, scoring 15, 18 and 14 goals over his first three full seasons in a Canucks uniform. The 2011 first-round pick never got his chance in Calgary, but Baertschi has morphed nicely into a reliable 15-plus goal player.If injuries didn’t sideline him, he’d likely be a two-time 20-goal scorer by now.
However, Jason Botchford of the Vancouver Province and our very own Scott Rosenhek detailed why Baertschi could be on the move this offseason.