dotcommunism
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"It's always came" shows a greater disrespect for the English language. Come on, Casey, you're a pro. Learn what a past participle is.
Player Discussion Casey Mittelstadt (2017, 8th) #37 - Part III
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Zman5778
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Yeah, that's how I read it too. As a college prof, this situation feels very similar to one of those high schoolers with a 4.0+ GPA in high school who never studied coming to college and promptly flunking their first set of exams. They're not used to the kind of work it takes to be competitive. Some learn and excel. Some do what's necessary to get by. Some wash out.
Let's see what Casey does.
Buffaloed
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I'm a little worried that after a few games the cry in Rochester will be send Mitts to Cinci!
The skill level is through the roof with Mitts, and that's part of his problem. He's been able to rely on his skill for so long that the other parts of his game look really bad. He still looks very out of shape to me, and that should have been corrected this offseason. I put that squarely on Mitt's shoulders. He's also thinking way too fast, and he's become scatter brained out there. Dude, slow it down, take a look and make a smart hockey play. He comes through the offensive zone so often with his feet just chopping away, skating nowhere, and when the puck gets on his stick, he's afraid to shoot, and just gives it up right away. Hopefully Taylor gets all this stupidity out of his game, gets his ass on a treadmill, and slows things down for Mitts and he can come back up here sooner rather than later.
joshjull
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1-2-3 in the last four games, maybe starting to get right.
OkimLom
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good to see some improvement. “Obviously” we need to see a bigger sample size, but it’s good to see.
tsujimoto74
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Good to see Mitts warming up the past few games. Him and Cozens panning out would go a long way toward curing what ails the Sabres.
Seems like it would be the only thing.
Way too early to tell if Casey is turning it around but there's this:
First 3 games:
Edit - did not see post up thread. Oops
First 3 games:
- 0 Goals
- 0 Assists
- 0 Points
- 5 Shots
- -1 +/-
- 1 Goal
- 2 Assists
- 3 Points
- 14 Shots
- -2 +/-
Edit - did not see post up thread. Oops
Goal:
Playmaking:
Seems he cares:
Playmaking:
Seems he cares:
Kyndig
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Combine those plays with the goal he had shorthanded yesterday and hes starting to look like his old WJC self.
Snippit
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More important than physical strength, he needs to work on explosive skating.
He has the hands but absolutely no ability to create separation between him and defenders at the NHL level.
He has the hands but absolutely no ability to create separation between him and defenders at the NHL level.
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The goal above shows the one skill he was drafted for....his hands. Unfortunately, without good passing, skating, checking, backchecking, position, hockey smarts, etc. it is worthless. He really needs to work on immediately taking those first couple hard strides to get up to speed whenever the puck is going away from him. In truth, to me he looks disinterested in the parts of the game that true NHL players all know are key. He is still expecting success to just "happen" like it has at the lower levels. Without some really hard work going forward.....it will not happen. This may be a busted pick worth trading now while other teams still see value like they did with Nylander. If you keep him then its time to ride him hard in the minors and not give him one more whiff of the NHL until he has evolved every pert of his game as a center and is eating up the AHL for at least a point per game for a full 40 games or so. Right now he is not on my 2020 roster. I have him on my AHL roster. I definitely trade him and another asset or two for a good second line center with term.
OkimLom
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because I’ve seen him making these sort of plays at the college level and a couple times in the NHL, how are the more complete aspects of his game coming along? How is he at reading a lane needing to be filled? How is he coming along with body positioning when fighting for pucks (love to see him jump on pucks in the open and lifting sticks)? How is he coming along giving his defenseman an outlet to pass too?
HaNotsri
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I haven't watched the AHL games but in the NHL he often looked a bit "reactive" - like he's looking for the right thing to do rather than doing it.
Impossible to know what's going on inside the heads of the players obviously but A Nylander had a similar thing. You don't really have the time to think on the ice, it comes down to instinct. Watching them often makes me think of system 1 and 2.
Impossible to know what's going on inside the heads of the players obviously but A Nylander had a similar thing. You don't really have the time to think on the ice, it comes down to instinct. Watching them often makes me think of system 1 and 2.
I think you have the right idea but are a year too late (or the Sabres are). Next season, Casey will have to pass through waivers to make to the AHL. Can't see that happening - someone will grab him for sure. So he needs to get up to speed in what remains of this year . For 2020 - 2021 he will be:
- On the Sabres 2020-21 roster
- Waived and picked up by another team
- Traded
Revelate
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I haven't seen every game, but it wasn't so good the first few games when he was playing center. They flipped him to wing and the complete game looks much better. Confidence is there. They are really doing a complete reset of his development. He should have been broken in on the wing.
Even if he has become a workout warrior, he had a long way to go. He still seems like there is physical training the needs to continue to improve.
Saw him a couple times early, did not seem any different than in Buffalo but haven't seen him since in a complete game.
Agreed. This is over a year too late in the process but at least they finally got started on it.
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We spoke to a noted authority on this topic who said he wants to remain unanimous. "He needs to get that grammar down so he can capalatize on a broadcasting career after hockey. He won't be able to get his point accrost if he talks lacksadaisily."
