Canucks: Sven Baertschi deserves another chance

Sven Baertschi has always been good enough to play in the National Hockey League and he deserves another chance to prove it with the Vancouver Canucks.

The Vancouver Canucks have come a long way since Sven Baertschi was considered the team’s best left-winger. Just a year removed from a concussion riddled season that sent him on a depth chart free fall, it seems that the 27-year-old native of Switzerland has been forgotten by Canucks management altogether. But why?

What happened

Before missing 56 games of the 2018-19 season, three years prior to that, Baertschi started to become a consistent point producer in the NHL. Stapled to the wing of Bo Horvat, the two created a unique chemistry that…