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Mittelstadt was an out of shape 19yo who was only one year removed from high school hockey and played a light college schedule in between. His best games unsurprisingly always came after the little breaks in the schedule last season. Kids a player, has the heart, smarts, and all the physical attributes you want on the chart. Hes only a disappointment if you thought Housley was going to make the team go the distance last season. Housley never was.

It’s a situation where you sit by patiently like a vulture while the bloated maple leaf takes its last breath after chewing down its third 11+ million dollar contract.

Mittelstadt-Eichel-Oloffson Skinner-Reinhart-Nylander Sheary/Smith-Rodrigues-Thompson Girgensons/Wilson-Larsson-Okposo Trade targets to upgrade/shelter/demote Oloffson, Nylander and/or Thompson. Sign Pominville/Vanek for fan service if trade deals don’t work out and they don’t want to gift all the rookies spots Sobotka waived, Sheary expendable, I won’t pretend Okposo can be moved

Kapanen is the player in Toronto worth stealing if possible. Wouldn’t cost Risto (i.e. won’t really help them get better), and would transform our team.

Pomminstein is a smart player, but he is out of gas. If we have a lot of line drivers he is a great compliment, but the Sabre’s currently lack line drivers outside of Eichel/Erod. Hopefully the new coach revives the line driving tendencies out of guys like Girgensons again, but fact is we’re still playing with a lot of complimentary guys. We could use some bigger guys who at least attempt to possess the puck longer than a hot potato. Vesey ain’t anything special, I agree, and he will never hold a candle to Pomminstein in his prime, but if you’re trading something like Sobotka/Sheary the other way—who cares? Overpaid 3rd line winger to hold the spot until he either transforms as a player under a new/coach and system, or gets replaced from within.

Youre forgetting the main tenet of interpreting corporate actions: it’s always just about the money. Women are generally poorer negotiators and having more female execs is cheaper for the owners. Plus, the league has been failing to cater to a female audience over the years, despite thrusting every pink and black jersey in front of them they could. They want the PR and look at it as a win win. Kaepernicks/WHL lawsuits/etc are expensive and they want to be proactive to prevent them.

Stastny and Carrier for Sheary Sign Vanek 1yr all the 26s

13 of those goals were on the power play. Different players.

Pominville has a NMC. Erod is up to stay. Nobody would claim Baptiste or Bailey if they were waived anyway