FlamesFan18
Frank the Tank
Not one of those deals you can really lose on since the dollars are still pretty small and term isnt awful. Low risk high reward
Geeze
overpayment
Tolvanens deal looks like a massive steal now
Did you sniffed him?Yikes, he stinks.
He is an RFA after the deal expires per CapFriendly.
Buffalo Sabres Salary Cap, Draft Picks, and Player Contracts - CapFriendly - NHL Salary Caps
One year of team control or two after this?
This contract will be easy to trade. Works out well for both Mittelstadt and the Sabres in the event that they want to move on from each other.
Likely not the case. Buffalo has put a bunch of time in working with Casey and Casey was one of the players (along with Dahlin and Cozens) who said "I want this to be my team" to management during exit interviews.
IMO, Casey knows he fell a bit flat in his off-ice preparation earlier in his career........but boy did he work his ass off during COVID, and it showed.
Anyone that is claiming this is a bad deal didn't watch him play this year.
10 goals, 20 points in 40 games, and those stats look much better if you take out the Krueger coached games.
2.5 AAV is actually a pretty good deal for the Sabres..
so, it's not how BIG of a hotdog, but how many?No need.
He hired Phil Kessel as his personal trainer.
sometimes ya just gotta let the kids play, make mistakes, learn, and growThose 20 odd games under Granato got him paid, modestly but paid nonetheless. Still should be a decent player and they don’t have a lot of options. There’s also a chance he progresses and makes this a steal. Team and player needed to do this.
Lmao, this gif never gets old.Congrats
Now go and buy yourself a gym membership
Anyone that is claiming this is a bad deal didn't watch him play this year.
10 goals, 20 points in 40 games, and those stats look much better if you take out the Krueger coached games.
2.5 AAV is actually a pretty good deal for the Sabres..
not bad for 3 years is he UFA at the end?
This statement is such a terrible take due to lack of context that I almost feel it isn't even worth responding to.I've got 130+ games that says he's not a NHLer and 25 games that says he might be OK.
Sabres are insulating Mitts with a 21 year old Cozens. What could go wrong?This statement is such a terrible take due to lack of context that I almost feel it isn't even worth responding to.
Due to a ridiculous start to his NHL career, (near point per game brief stint after his first season in the NCAA), and a necessity due to awful depth in Buffalo, Mittelstadt was completely rushed. He was not physically ready for the NHL at 19, but played the bulk of his games in the league that year and finished with 25 points, and was visibly outmatched in most of them.
So you are judging the majority of your evaluation on that sample. That is really misguided.
Mittelstadt should NEVER have been in the NHL as a teenager, given his weak physical stature. He should have stayed another year in college, and then been given 1-2 years in the AHL before he even sniffed a call-up.
Buffalo's handling of him severely stunted his development and destroyed his confidence for almost two years.
I watched him last year, even before the points started to come, and I saw a more physically mature player that was starting to adjust to the speed of the NHL.
By the end of the season, I saw a young NHL player with a ton of upside at just 22 (still younger than most rookies even enter the NHL).
My concern is that Sabres management is once again about to pile way too much on their young, promising players and do their best to break them. Mittelstadt should NOT be playing first line center at 22, but that looks like it is their plan. Dahlin should NOT be playing Risto's role, he has shown he can't, but that looks like it is Buffalo's plan also.
The management of this team is criminally inept, but that aside, if Mittelstadt was sheltered on a second line, I'd expect huge strides from him this year. Unfortunately, if teams are throwing their top D pairs and shutdown lines out against him, he may not show the potential that we are all hoping for.
sometimes ya just gotta let the kids play, make mistakes, learn, and grow