Drag0nDan

What about cozens with jack? Lets you move reinhart down to line 2 to help drive that line with whomever we get as a 2C.

Who were even the PK players on this team? Vesey i guess? Girgs and Larsson? Frolik Lazar and Asplund? The team gets no scoring out of their line 3 - and they aren't good on defense either. As for the power play... when your 2nd unit features Mittelstadt and Sheary... it's going to be tough sledding even gaining the zone.

I don't get why everyone loves the guy so much tbh. He was fine - but I don't know that winning at the AHL level has a correlation with young 19-21 year old AHL players becoming good NHL players. The only player who really graduated in his tenure was olofsson who spent several years in sweden before he came here. So he didn't exactly help a 19 year old navigate professional hockey. Nylander, Guhle, Fasching, Baptiste, Bailey - none turned into players and all have been traded. There are going to be a fair amount of new faces in the AHL this season. Perhaps it was the right time for a change for that reason, and maybe they believe this guy can help them become more effective pro's.

Yeah - even a guy with even higher expectations in bennett has become a role player in the NHL. Mitts doesn't backcheck, play defense, kill penalties or do any of the stuff you want out of a back end roster guy. His only skills translate to top 6, but he stinks. Bad on the dot, doesn't know where to be, doesn't score. Our PP unit with him on it had to be one of the worst in the league - they'd struggle to even gain the zone let alone maintain possession.

I found this pre-draft scouting report that lists his comparable as derick brassard. That's pre-draft. https://www.thehockeyprospector.com/11-casey-mittelstadt-scouting-report/ At this point I'd be super happy with Derick Brassard. I mean, he's a 2C upgrade as of today sadly enough.

Would be nice if the Mittelstadts and thompsons could step up and contribute.

His development path should've gone through AHL for this reason alone. 1 year in college, fine. But after that he should've been playing in the AHL for at least a year. He's still learning how to be a hockey player at this point and he's somehow played over 100 games with the big club.

Since when is that like a smart strategy?

Yeah - big red flag. I haven't benched in over a year and I can do that easy. Does this guy even lift bro? I'll admit I'm newer to looking at hockey analytics in general, and i think drafting players is even more difficult to evaluate based on massively different levels of competition- but what was it about Mittelstadt that they liked so much more than a Thomas, Vilardi, Suzuki from the same class?

Not to mention... I'm in absolutely terrible shape at the moment and i can do a pull-up. They aren't hard. It's like when a player does poorly on the bench at the NFL combine. Doing well isn't indicative of a good player, but doing really poorly is indicative of a lazy player.

Probably easier to move risto/montour/reinhart for wings and centers though. I don't think halls coming here so this is probably moot. You can't trade skinners contract, and i dont know that a team that struggles to score goals should be moving a player like oloffson. So yeah... its not really much of a fit to bring in hall. I think finding a new RW to play with eichel might be cheaper in terms of trade value than trying to find a center. That way you can create a 2nd line around reinhart and maybe skinner - to go with olof-eich-new guy. In any case - moves will need to be made, I'm not in favor of spending on a guy like hall.

Yes - if they also move reinhart. Otherwise there's way too much tied up in wings with hall, skinner, okposo, rein, oloffsson, johannsson.

he does some stuff well but... i dunno i don't see enough to say "DONT TRADE HIM"

Yeah. Like getting mad about oreilly. Its done - JBs fired. Just like TM was fired for his many many mistakes.

At least its not a strange grey that doesn't go with anything. They kept carrying that over from the terrible slug jerseys and i never understood why.

Is free agency before or after the draft in the weird year? Not that it matters a ton since 99% of drafted players don't suit up - but it changes what a team like buffalo might do with their pick.

Lose the trapezoid and bring back the trap!

Considering it doesn't include zone starts 5on5 or any of the other components of hockey its hard to say with asplund. It's not a good look to be near the bottom of that list, but there's a lot of reasons for it to be that case.

Hes a first year GM... i think his jobs safe.

I know he's like taboo now, but i always found louis CK to be really funny. Willing to cross lines, cynical, self-loathing

I've had good like duck wings that were a bit bigger. But they do require a bit of a different preparation. I also think larger flats are better than larger drums. I feel like with large drums, the fat doesn't render as well as a smaller drum so you end up with some chewy grizzly wings.

There's definitely a sweet spot between giant mutant wings and little caesers.

Yeah, its either fresh garlic or maybe parm? they also mix a little bleu cheese in the sauce I dunno - i like the hot sauce mixed with bleu cheese flavor? I like a good chunky one too so i get some bits in there.

I've read a little baking powder, then cooking them in the oven on a wire rack can get them similarly crispy. And there isn't anywhere to park bad experience? I've been twice and i thought they were probably top dogs next to bar bill. I don't love the... cram in and wait 90 minutes for food though. I can go to bar bill and just have a normal dinner. nine-eleven is like a whole to-do.

The location in clarence does reservations, and takes credit cards.