Confirmed Signing with Link: [BUF] Casey Mittelstadt signs extension (1 year, $874,125)

[wonton15]

As a Canucks fan with minimal knowledge of Pettersson at the 2017 draft, I remember being so sad we didn't draft Glass or Mittelstadt

 

[Old Navy Goat]

As a Canucks fan with minimal knowledge of Pettersson at the 2017 draft, I remember being so sad we didn't draft Glass or Mittelstadt

As a Sabres fan I'm also quite disappointed you guys didn't draft Mittlestadt. Haven't completely given up on him but hopes are diminishing.

 

[Kipper933]

No, he famously could not do a pull-up at the combine. I bet he could have done one fully rested, though!

Hmm, no pullups for Mittelstadt at the combine and no pullups for Sam Bennett at the combine, both busts so far. Only need to scout the combines this year.

 

[KevinRedkey]

What an effing disappointment he'd been.

Hmm, no pullups for Mittelstadt at the combine and no pullups for Sam Bennett at the combine, both busts so far. Only need to scout the combines this year.

Bennett isn't a bust. He's a great 3rd line role player. Just got drafted a round early, that's all.

 

[t0nedeff]

What an effing disappointment he'd been.



Bennett isn't a bust. He's a great 3rd line role player. Just got drafted a round early, that's all.

Lol 3 more points than Mittelstadt while playing 20+ more games but Bennett isn't a bust.

 

[Fatass]

One year “show me” deal for Casey? Is this his last chance to “make it” in Buffalo?

 

[Dr Jan Itor]

What an effing disappointment he'd been.



Bennett isn't a bust. He's a great 3rd line role player. Just got drafted a round early, that's all.

This is kind of what a bust is.

 

[Fatass]

Lol 3 more points than Mittelstadt while playing 20+ more games but Bennett isn't a bust.

Bennet plays a different role though than Casey. Bennet has carved out a third/fourth line grinder, hard to play against career. Can Casey play that way? Imo Casey is either a top six point producer, or he’s (highly likely) not in the National League.

 

[t0nedeff]

Bennet plays a different role though than Casey. Bennet has carved out a third/fourth line grinder, hard to play against career. Can Casey play that way? Imo Casey is either a top six point producer, or he’s (highly likely) not in the National League.

Hard to play against? All he does is take stupid penalties and put up max 25ish points a year and his production was actually worse last year. Bennett is an easily replaceable player and so is Mittelstadt but pretending one is a disappointment while the other isn't is clownish especially when the one who "isn't" was a 4th overall pick.

 

[Jacob582]

One year “show me” deal for Casey? Is this his last chance to “make it” in Buffalo?

He was a 10.2(c) player. No arbitration, ineligible to negotiate an offer sheet contract, no threat of holding out since he was targeted to play in the AHL anyway. Show me in that it was a one year deal (QO amount, 2-way deal).
Not his last chance, but maybe next year or the year after.

 

[KevinRedkey]

This is kind of what a bust is.

Nope. A bust is a player that barely plays in the NHL and fizzles out a career elsewhere. Not a guy who will likely play hundreds of games.

 

[Dr Jan Itor]

Nope. A bust is a player that barely plays in the NHL and fizzles out a career elsewhere. Not a guy who will likely play hundreds of games.

That might be true if all draft picks were equal. But they’re not.

 

[crowi]

Nope. A bust is a player that barely plays in the NHL and fizzles out a career elsewhere. Not a guy who will likely play hundreds of games.

Bennett absolutely is a bust for where he was picked.

 

[KevinRedkey]

Bennett absolutely is a bust for where he was picked.

That's called a disappointment, not a bust.

 

[Voodoo Glow Skulls]

Mittelstadt

For

Cholowski

 

[Dr Jan Itor]

That's called a disappointment, not a bust.

Semantics.

 

[Dr Quincy]

Bennet plays a different role though than Casey. Bennet has carved out a third/fourth line grinder, hard to play against career. Can Casey play that way? Imo Casey is either a top six point producer, or he’s (highly likely) not in the National League.

Considering he's been a minus player every year of his career and a - relative possession player every single season of his career I'd say he's really not that hard to play against. I get it, he hits and fights, but when the game isn't stopped and the puck is actually moving, it's generally not moving in the right direction when he's on the ice.

 

[Dr Quincy]

Mittelstadt

For

Cholowski

Why would BUF do that?

 

[Voodoo Glow Skulls]

Why would BUF do that?

Forward for defense
Risk for risk
Cap hits
Age

Just a suggestion. Not married to the idea.

 

[Gaylord Q Tinkledink]

Think he'll lend me 125 bucks ?

 

[Alexander the Gr8]

So can he do a pull up now?

 

[Preposterone]

For some reason i hear a super bad cover of "Push it to the limit" in my head right now.

This one?

 

[DitchMarner]

I remember he beat Nylander or held his own well against him in a poll a couple of years ago... lol.

Hopefully he turns things around.

 

[MarkusKetterer]

So can he do a pull up now?

Out of the Sabres young guys: we know Tage went from 205 to around 230 pounds, Dahlin put on 12-15 pounds, Cozens put on about 20 pounds, and Joker has put on 7-10 pounds, and Mitts has put on radio silence. So probably not.