tsujimoto74
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Player Discussion Casey Mittelstadt (2017, 8th) #37 - Part III
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Sansbacon
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Happy to see him get on the board with 2 nice helpers. In his case, maybe we could call them hamburger helpers. Or just hamburgers.
Royal Thunder
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I was most impressed by him winning some puck battles last night. For at least one game he didn't look physically overwhelmed.
Time to go ride the bus, work on the 1st PP and get in PKing time in Rochester. Enough is enough.
the '3C/2RW' Risto trade is coming, and he goes down, Botts has to know...right...RIGHT? Obvious holes in the lineup that need to be acquired this season, even if Asplund/Tage may prove ready in a few months, still not enough
Gabrielor
"Win with us or watch us win." - Rasmus Dahlin
Exactly this.
He's getting murdered at 5v5 NHL hockey, again. His line is basically a John Scott era grinder line with respect to play contribution, just without the fighting.
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If Botterill cannot tradee Risto for help in top 6, then you need to look for other options, Sobotka in top 6 is a mockery of Skinner and MoJo, Olofsson also does not always feel good when playing 5 on 5, but he at least produces on PP. I would also not want to trade Casey, but need to do something.
Gabrielor
"Win with us or watch us win." - Rasmus Dahlin
Mittelstadt for Asplund is such an easy move.
No salary tomfoolery required.
No salary tomfoolery required.
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I’d be fine with Lazar too (I think). It can’t be that much of downgrade in Buffalo, but it seems like the smart move for Casey’s development. I’m fine with Asplund cooking in the AHL for most of the year.
tsujimoto74
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I see no reason not to give Asplund a look. If he doesn't take the opportunity and run with it, you can always send him back down and call up a tweener like Lazar.
On topic, it looks to me like Mitts' conditioning is still pretty far from where it needs to be, despite the work he put in last summer. He looked very good the first game of the season, but you could see how hard he was gassing it to play like that. Seems pretty clear that he doesn't have the stamina to do that for 82 games against NHL competition. Let him go down and get the quality development coaching we have there, get the all-situations playing opportunities, etc.
joshjull
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Or wing.
I’d like to see him on LW with Larsson/Girgs. They can carry anyone and if he can’t get rolling with those two he needs to go down. The bonus of him with those two would be a good tutorial in the fundamentals of the game in general and our system in particular.
Then have Erod center Vesey/Okposo
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Gabrielor
"Win with us or watch us win." - Rasmus Dahlin
Ya, I saw that. Kinda weird, since I don't think anyone's dissing the pick, more the rushing to the nhl part.
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It may come to that, but right now considering the sabres have 9 of 10 points, they probably aren't feeling any urgency. Lots of hockey to be played.
BloFan4Life
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With Mojo working out extremely nicely at center, and Cozens the future number 2 centerman, why isn't Casey plastered to Skinner and Mojo wing yet?
I have zero issues considering the Girgs-Larrson-Okposo as the third line, which would make Sobotka the 4th line center.
Asplund is the future 3rd line centerman too so I don't see how Casey fits at center going forward. I would think he could be a very productive winger playing with Skinner and Mojo.
I have zero issues considering the Girgs-Larrson-Okposo as the third line, which would make Sobotka the 4th line center.
Asplund is the future 3rd line centerman too so I don't see how Casey fits at center going forward. I would think he could be a very productive winger playing with Skinner and Mojo.
HaNotsri
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He should be logging heavy minutes in Rochester. Best way to learn the kind of complete role we want him to take as future 2C. I'd be ok with NHL if we transfer him to wing but I'd much rather develop him properly as a C.
Cozens is not a sure thing as long term 2C, remember when we thought Reinhart would be part of the trinity Jack-ROR-Sam?
Cozens is not a sure thing as long term 2C, remember when we thought Reinhart would be part of the trinity Jack-ROR-Sam?
ForsbergMoDo21
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Probably because the organization has a policy that if they draft a center and ease him in on the wing for the sake of development, he’s never allowed to return to center. Ever. No matter how dire the need and how easy of a move it might be to experiment with.
