Sven Baertschi News

The Canucks have signed Sven Baertschi to a two-year contract extension worth $3.7 million.

Baertschi, 23, spent the entire 2015-16 season with the Canucks, totalling 15 goals and 13 assists (28 points) in 69 games. He struggled to gain traction in the Flames organization, but seems to have found his stride in Vancouver, earning him $1.85 million per season for the next two years.

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Baertschi will make his NHL playoffs debut on Thursday.

Baertschi, 22, was traded from Calgary to Vancouver at the trade deadline. The former 1st round pick, had five assists in 15 games with the Flames and has scored two goals in three games with Vancouver. In the AHL he had 15 goals and 25 assists (40 points) in 51 games between Adirondack and Utica. He will replace Linden Vey and is expected to skate on the Canucks third line.

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The Canucks recalled Sven Baertschi from Utica (AHL).

Baertschi, 22, scored seven goals with eight assists (15 points) in 15 games after being acquired by Vancouver at the deadline. Baertschi could get the chance to face his former team in the playoffs after Alex Burrows was taken to the hospital in an ambulance this afternoon.

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The Canucks have acquired Sven Baertschi from the Flames for a 2nd round pick.

Baertschi, 21, is a former first round pick (13th overall) in 2011, but he never panned out in Calgary. He is set to become a restricted free agent in the offseason, but he let the Flames know that he would not be re-signing, so they had to move him. He is a speedy winger, who fits better into the Canucks system, but will report to Utica (AHL) for now.

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Baertschi (illness) will not play on Monday.

Baertschi has not recorded a point while posting a minus-4 rating and six shots in four games during his recall. With Baertschi out, either Brian McGrattan or the recently recalled Max Reinhart will move into the lineup. Consider Baertschi day-to-day.

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The Flames have recalled Sven Baertschi from Adirondack (AHL).

Baertschi, 22, has three assists in 10 games with Adirondack so far this season. The 2011 first round pick (13th overall) has had his struggles in his first three years with the Flames, but with a brash of injuries to their forwards, he will get another shot. He has recorded 24 points (8G / 16A) in 51 career NHL games, but has never been able to stick with the big club.

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The Flames have assigned Sven Baertschi to Abbotsford (AHL).

Baertschi struggled in his 26 games with the Flames. He registered only two goals and nine assists with a minus-4 rating. He was the 13th overall pick in 2011 after he ripped up the Western Hockey league, but he has not developed into the scoring threat the Flames envisioned when they selected him. However this is common with young players and Sven is only 21-years-old and still has a bright future ahead of him. He heads to Abbotsford to develop his game and could find himself back in Calgary soon.

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