Confirmed with Link: Avs acquire Casey Mittelstadt for Bo Byram

[Avs9296]

Thanks Bo for that beautiful cup run 2 years ago. It's been rocky since then, but I will be forever grateful for that run.

Welcome Casey!

 

[Bill Peckerskull]

Lost in all this, CMac has traded out $7.85M and brought back $5.15M. That leaves another $2.7M to work with if he so chooses.

 

[BoneCherry]

Very happily surprised this happened. Fixed some holes and we still have space. I wonder if there's more or if we're done?

 

[avsfan2189]

This is pretty shambolic asset management by the Avs though. I give them credit to realise when they make a mistake, they cut loose on players like Byram, Newhook, and Jost. But this mistake should have never happened when you draft a player as high as Avs did with Bo.

You should've drafted a F***ING CENTRE from the very beginning when 3-4 were available. Complete trash by the scouting staff there.

Byram needs the puck to be effective, he ain't getting the puck with a partner of Dahlin (who is vastly superior).

let it go lol avs won the cup with byram playing big minutes in the playoffs especially with girard out. he did his duty. but that's the past this is the now

 

[cinchronicity]

Wonder if he is depressed, going from Denver to Buffalo. That sounds pretty bad...

The minute the Avs signed Toews long-term, Bo knew his chances of top pairing were virtually gone. With the Sabres, he'll get PP1 minutes and likely 2D status. Buffalo fans are actually quite enthusiastic and dedicated to the Bills and Sabres. He could gain Buffalo hero status much more easily than here. I wish the kid the absolute best.

 

[henchman21]

This is pretty shambolic asset management by the Avs though. I give them credit to realise when they make a mistake, they cut loose on players like Byram, Newhook, and Jost. But this mistake should have never happened when you draft a player as high as Avs did with Bo.

You should've drafted a F***ING CENTRE from the very beginning when 3-4 were available. Complete trash by the scouting staff there.

Byram needs the puck to be effective, he ain't getting the puck with a partner of Dahlin (who is vastly superior).

Yeah this is a direct result of being bad at drafting and projecting. Hindsight 20/20 Zegras + Harley was the move that year. That said, the Avs didn't wait until all the value was gone from Newhook and Byram... so that is a massive lesson learned from Jost. They went out and got some good players and a good prospect to salvage that mistake.

Mistakes are okay if you learn from them. They clearly did on Jost. Seems to me CMac learned from his first year as GM too and pulled a JBB.

 

[Avs44]

Very happily surprised this happened. Fixed some holes and we still have space. I wonder if there's more or if we're done?

We could use another depth D now. Bump Johnson to #7. Ideally a backup (unless they really trust Annunen based on his short sample size), and maybe a 4th line centre.

 

[The Kingslayer]

This move is good for Bo and the Avs. Thanks Bo for Game 6. Hope he goes off in Buffalo and is given every opportunity to succeed there.

I really like Mittelstadt especially this year but I know @henchman21 gotta be happiest guy here with this one. You got your man.

 

[EscapedGoat]

Can't wait for the "Byram will be captain here one day" posts on the Buffalo forum from a new account .

I honestly haven't watched mittelstadt in a looooong time. Anybody feel like giving a rundown of his play now that he seems to have figured stuff out?

 

[Ararana]

Someone please convince me Fatty can play 2C on a team trying to win a cup.

 

[TLEH]

In the two 5-0 games recently, I felt like Girard was impacting the game way more than Byram was. Makes sense to move on from him instead. Good luck on the run.

 

[Ararana]

oofff...

 

[henchman21]

Someone please convince me Fatty can play 2C on a team trying to win a cup.

He's a 60-65 point center who can produce with limited PP time and is top 20-25% defensively at the position.

 

[S E P H]

let it go lol avs won the cup with byram playing big minutes in the playoffs especially with girard out. he did his duty. but that's the past this is the now

Bro, I brought that up because these types of mistakes will keep on happening until they eventually learn.

We're in a time with analytics, that teams should be hitting on top 5 picks every year, even in the down years like Yakupov. Avs win with Byram looking good and Avs still win the Cup even with Byram looking mediocre. Tampa wasn't winning the cup with their injury list.

 

[AvStock]

Question for you all. This was a trade that people conjured up as a want and wasn't publicized anywhere, do you think GMs look here and get trade ideas or is that wishful thinking?

 

[LOFIN]

This is pretty shambolic asset management by the Avs though. I give them credit to realise when they make a mistake, they cut loose on players like Byram, Newhook, and Jost. But this mistake should have never happened when you draft a player as high as Avs did with Bo.

You should've drafted a F***ING CENTRE from the very beginning when 3-4 were available. Complete trash by the scouting staff there.

Disagreed. If it's a top-5 pick, you go best player available and worry about the rest later. Simple as that.

Also, Byram really helped us to win that cup. I've always said to those who are sulking after Jack Hughes, just be happy that Byram helped us win the cup. And I don't think he was a small piece either, arguably he was the best defenceman in the finals.

Now was just the right time to cut ties (arguably could've been done earlier, but better now than later).

 

[jabubenice]

All the CMac haters get to slurping, you have a lot of apologizing to do.

I am first in line...

 

[Pierce Hawthorne]

Lost in all this, CMac has traded out $7.85M and brought back $5.15M. That leaves another $2.7M to work with if he so chooses.

Guentzel! Guentzel! Guentzel!


But honestly I don't know how much more we need to do.

 

[Bill Peckerskull]

 

[Pokecheque]

Buffalo fans are saying Dahlin plays on the right.

A top pairing of Byram - Dahlin could be f***ing nasty for them.

That pairing if put together now would be nasty in a very BAD way for them.

 

[SirLoinOfCloth]

Question for you all. This was a trade that people conjured up as a want and wasn't publicized anywhere, do you think GMs look here and get trade ideas or is that wishful thinking?

If CMac read this forum he'd have topped himself by now.

I don't think there's any chance GMs read this bunch of nerds making shit up.

 

[avsfan2189]

Yeah this is a direct result of being bad at drafting and projecting. Hindsight 20/20 Zegras + Harley was the move that year. That said, the Avs didn't wait until all the value was gone from Newhook and Byram... so that is a massive lesson learned from Jost. They went out and got some good players and a good prospect to salvage that mistake.

Mistakes are okay if you learn from them. They clearly did on Jost. Seems to me CMac learned from his first year as GM too and pulled a JBB.

i get that but nothing's guaranteed, who's to say avs still win the cup with zegras and harley? it's all hypothetical and ultimately moot since avs won the cup with newhook + bo.

so many factors go into a cup run and can't just always run with best players (see: kariya + selanne year)

this move is great now that we know bo just wasn't going to progress here but he is who we needed him to be in the cup run and that's thankful enough

 

[arun]

Not sure about Mittelstadt, I'm not liking Bo being traded.

 

[lionsDen]

@henchman21 you were right all along I was wrong mad props

 

[Gumballhead]

Wonder if he is depressed, going from Denver to Buffalo. That sounds pretty bad...

Not if he likes to eat wings like a shirtless Peter McNab.