Deletion of Sven Bärtschi

Comment: This athlete is non-notable, and he doesn't pass . Wikipedia is not a crystal ball. To keep is to ignore the principles of . Keeping the article would set a perilous precedent, and would instigate a slippery slope for future deletion discussions. If this person achieves notability in future by virtue of his accomplishments, then this article can be recreated at that later date
Stance: delete
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Notability (WP:NHOCKEY||WP:SPECULATION)

Comment: Player does not meet the criteria of 
Stance: delete
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Notability (WP:NHOCKEY)

Comment: Meets  per the sources outlined by Rlendog and myself above
Stance: keep
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Notability (WP:GNG)

Comment: Doesn't yet meet criteria of . I'd suggest deletion, with a sympathetic editor getting the article userfied in case he becomes award-winning
Stance: delete
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Notability (WP:NHOCKEY)

Comment: The article may be premature, but deletion now would be as well given that we'll know shortly if he won his league's ROY award, which would likely establish notability under .  And that said, I am not sure he doesn't meet  right now.  His status as a top draft prospect has generated coverage at http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=541874 nhl.com (which is an independent source at least until he actually is drafted) and at http://insider.espn.go.com/nhl/blog?name=nhl_draft&id=5987951&action=login&appRedirect=http%3a%2f%2finsider.espn.go.com%2fnhl%2fblog%3fname%3dnhl_draft%26id%3d5987951 espn.com (although the coverage may be skimpy; I don't intend to pay to get past the paywall).  There is also at least one story about him in the http://www.portlandtribune.com/sports/story.php?story_id=128595836155045000 Portland Tribune.  And there was a short story in the http://www.oregonlive.com/hawks/index.ssf/2010/08/winterhawks_sign_sven_bartschi.html Oregonian about his signing with the Winterhawks (that might be considered routine if the Oregonian routinely publishes stories on every player the Winterhawks sign, but that doesn't seem likely).  There may be more non-routine coverage as well, but he has a considerable amount of routine coverage right now, which makes it difficult to sift through to pick out non-routine coverage
Stance: keep
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Notability (WP:NHOCKEY||WP:GNG)

Comment: I'll explain my stance so we don't end up relisting this a third time.  Remember that Nail Yakupov was brought here, an article I wrote for someone who was a sure lock for the ROY award in the OHL.  Problem?  I wrote it early.  It was brought up for deletion by someone claiming no notability.  It was deleted.  Less than three weeks later, he won ROY.  It went to Wikipedia:Deletion review/Log/2011 April 9|deletion review.  After a discussion that appeared in consensus to keep, it remained deleted.  Puzzled and confused, I had an exchange on the closing admin's page.  Eventually, it was reconsidered and kept after all.  So...with that out of the way, I have not checked this player's stats, but based on the prior AfD, that's not enough; Yakupov is the top rookie scorer for the Sarnia Sting, and that wasn't enough either.  Since we can't use a |crystal ball to predict ROY, we must look at whether he meets .  If he does, it's a definite keep.  If not, it's delete.  Even so, my weak keep also votes to incubate and end this discussion for the time being; if he does not win ROY, then off to deletion review to delete after May 4 if he's not otherwise notable under 
Stance: keep
Cited policy: Wikipedia:What Wikipedia is not (WP:CRYSTAL||WP:GNG||WP:GNG)