He more then sucked
He was god awful and only CDH and 2nd half Z are guys you can argue were as bad or close to bad at times as him
And LOL at this "Competent" at this level bullshit , Almost every game he played he looked awful
Its amazing how much rope and defenses Mitchell gets while better players then him were crucified by this board in past for performance that was far superior to him
For someone with so much promise and potential as is claimed he showed nothing to justify the claims
You see the game so differently man it's crazy. But anyway, besides that.
To me, anyone that draws hard conclusions about our young defenseman after 20-30 odd games is a fool.
I get pumping up Boqvist or Beaudin coz theyre flashy and offensive, the ceiling is high etc all the potential yeye. But you can't ignore the mistakes, the area of needs for improvement etc with any of them. Same goes for the good any of them show.
Why is it not like that for Mitchell too? Why can't you separate the mistakes from the promises, acknowledge both and judge with perspective?
Is this kindergarten?
I'm convinced most of the people who are speaking about young guys in general with the level of absolutes shown often around here (and make no mistake BWC, you are the king of this), just pick a guy they like the first time they see them, or they do smtg flashy, and then thats the opinion for the rest of the way no matter what. And vise versa if you proclaim to hate someone.
That's not how prospects develop. The damn word develop should give a clue. Or the myriad of examples of guys who showed weakness but promise, and then improved significantly. Especially defenseman.