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[Eleven]

3 minutes ago, Stu said:

Your discipline is impressive. If I had a pair they would be my go to date night conversation piece

There are about a million wonderful responses to this that I won't use in the #metoo era.

[hockeyhound]

Good job C.J.

Jack & Sam, I hope they stay together for awhile.

 

Edited September 26, 2018 by hockeyhound

[MODO Hockey]

 Mittelstadt doesnt look good tonite, rly bad.

[Eleven]

1 minute ago, MODO Hockey said:

 Mittelstadt doesnt look good tonite, rly bad.

He hasn't looked good in a while now.  This is a problem.

[Iron Crotch]

Penalty on Okposo for that? WTF?

[MODO Hockey]

Just now, Eleven said:

He hasn't looked good in a while now.  This is a problem.

I dont see the hype over this kid at all, hope he proves me wrong

[hockeyhound]

What? Who is this Ref? Crap calls.

[LGR4GM]

Just now, MODO Hockey said:

I dont see the hype over this kid at all, hope he proves me wrong

He'll be fine. 

[Eleven]

1 minute ago, LGR4GM said:

He'll be fine. 

Maybe once he stops taking his spot for granted.  I'd send him to Rochester right now just to teach him a lesson.

[Iron Crotch]

4 minutes ago, MODO Hockey said:

I dont see the hype over this kid at all, hope he proves me wrong

This is one reason I didn't like the O'Reilly trade. We're removing a proven 2nd liner and assuming kids and/or other new guys can take on those minutes.

Edited September 26, 2018 by Iron Crotch

[MODO Hockey]

crap

[hockeyhound]

5 minutes ago, MODO Hockey said:

 Mittelstadt doesnt look good tonite, rly bad.

He looked lost in the last game.

Needs some games in Rochester, he doesn't look ready to play in the NHL.

[Thorner]

7 minutes ago, Eleven said:

He hasn't looked good in a while now.  This is a problem.

He made the play that drew the PP where we tied the game up. 

Casey looks just fine and definitely NHL ready. This is surely a case of the expectations being too high. 

Edited September 26, 2018 by Thorny

[Randall Flagg]

Mittelstadt is a better hockey player right now than he was in April. He looks like a kid who had 30 in 34 in NCAA hockey one year after HS hockey, which was less than 2 years ago.

People remember Pronman ranking him high and not the fact that when he played center for 1.5 periods in April the Sabres could not register a single shot attempt while his line was on the ice until he was moved back to wing. The offseason praise plus Botterill assuming he's ready to be a 2C as part of the justification for the ROR trade made everyone forget what Casey actually currently is

Edited September 26, 2018 by Randall Flagg

[LGR4GM]

2 minutes ago, Eleven said:

Maybe once he stops taking his spot for granted.  I'd send him to Rochester right now just to teach him a lesson.

I don't think that's the issue. I think the speed is over his head and he's trying to hard. He'll be fine and honestly some Rochester wouldn't hurt. 

[Thorner]

1 minute ago, Randall Flagg said:

Mittelstadt is a better hockey player right now than he was in April. He looks like a kid who had 30 in 34 in NCAA hockey one year after HS hockey, which was less than 2 years ago.

People remember Pronman ranking him high and not the fact that when he played center for 1.5 periods in April the Sabres could not register a single shot attempt until he was moved back to wing. The offseason praise plus Botterill assuming he's ready to be a 2C as part of the justification for the ROR trade made everyone forget what Casey actually currently is

Agree, and well said, but I'd add that we don't know Botterill assumed he was ready to be the 2C.

[Randall Flagg]

Just now, Thorny said:

Agree, and well said, but I'd add that we don't know Botterill assumed he was ready to be the 2C.

Correct, though I think there was some assumption that Casey will be a productive center to some degree, and that was definitely how we project it to work out going forward. Should have phrased differently

[Thorner]

Okposo's 3rd has been a carbon copy of the last game. 

[hockeyhound]

Nylander WTF! To Rochester you go; take Casey with you, and see if you can win a championship down there.

Guhle WTF! Wow, when it rains it pours. Holy Shi*, there you go set up Columbus for the one timer in the slot.

Edited September 26, 2018 by hockeyhound

[Eleven]

1 minute ago, LGR4GM said:

I don't think that's the issue. I think the speed is over his head and he's trying to hard. He'll be fine and honestly some Rochester wouldn't hurt. 

He's trying to hard what?

Anyway.  Agreed that some Rochester wouldn't hurt.

[Eleven]

2 minutes ago, Thorny said:

Agree, and well said, but I'd add that we don't know Botterill assumed he was ready to be the 2C.

I do think Botterill assumed that.

[Ogre]

Nylander should know better. 

[MODO Hockey]

[Thorner]

Just now, Eleven said:

I do think Botterill assumed that.

I'd wager that he may have thought that to be the most likely scenario, but not to the point where he didn't think the roster was capable of succeeding this year should Mittelstadt not be. 

[Taro T]

Is Bogo a Nogo again?

Haven't noticed him this period & he definitely wasn't in for either PK.