Confirmed with Link: Casey Mittelstadt (2017, 8th) - Signed, #37

[sincerity0]

I don't think there's a magic age that makes a player ready for AHL hockey, but I do think a player should be demonstrably "too good" for a lesser league before a team attempts to move them up a level. I think Casey is an exceptional hockey player, but I do not think he's demonstrably "too good" to still be playing in the NCAA. If he was setting the league on fire the way Eichel did, and the way players like Toews did before him...then a single season of NCAA hockey is perfectly sufficient before moving up. I feel like Casey still has a lot to learn about playing hockey against his peers before he starts trying to play with faster, tougher and more skilled players in the pros.

I agree - id like to add that he is also one year out from playing high school hockey / USHL. Give the kid time to mature and grow. As I said in my previous post, he’s doing well, but not dominating. Casey said that it is a dream of his to play for Minnesota. I’m sure it won’t kill him to play a second year.

 

[Bonin21]

Some of their former commits like Fallstrom aren't any longer and they've brought some guys in like Phillips and Rossini earlier. Jaxon Nelson and Blake McLaughlin are supposed to be useful. So too Samuel Walker who's in that sort of Weissbach midget puck wiz category. I'm not sure if they're going to be better since I think a chunk of their issue is they haven't found a replacement for Bischoff or going further back even Brodzinski. The d-core is really lunchpail in nature, reminds me of the Bruins non-Borque lineups from the '80's.

Nelson won't come in next year. Probably Wait and McLaughlin, and Walker is a maybe and probably for sure if CM goes.

If CM comes back, they should be better simply based on experience. If CM leaves, they'll probably be about the same since everyone will be a year older and adding McLaughlin.

 

[Dietpepsi]

if he stays in school next year then he's a FA a year after that..

Sign him in Buffalo for next year, if he doesn't sign then trade him ASAP.

 

[dotcommunism]

if he stays in school next year then he's a FA a year after that..

No he isn't. He wouldn't be able to become a free agent until 2021.

 

[Der Jaeger]

No he isn't. He wouldn't be able to become a free agent until 2021.

@dotcommunism has spoken.

 

[sabrebuild]

if he stays in school next year then he's a FA a year after that..

You came here, to dotcoms house, with that weak shit? Keep walking bro, we cba like mofo’s here.

 

[valet]

I think I agree with what has been said by others at this point in the thread. Keep him in school. Let him accomplish some things there, then when he's at the end of that path (probably after next year) get him into the AHL for a while, unless he's very clearly ready to inherit a role in the NHL, which my intuition says he won't be... quite yet.

 

[Chainshot]

Good test tonight against #6 OSU. Bristedt's out if I heard correctly, so Casey will be getting some PK time. Praise from Lucia about his overall game evolution away from the puck and defending.

And Gates makes it 1-0, Sheehy's line -- Casey not involved.

 

[Chainshot]

Just clowned a pair of Buckeyes coming off the LW boards to get into the high slot. Threw it on net with his wingers crashing but OSU blocked it and recovered.

 

[truthbluth]

Holy crap. Casey just split a double team that was tighter than an elephant's leotard, like they weren't even there. Had to rewind to make sure it intentional.

 

[Chainshot]

Holy crap. Casey just split a double team that was tighter than an elephant's leotard, like they weren't even there. Had to rewind to make sure it intentional.

It was such a clowning wasn't it? Like... how did he just do that?

Hearing the Miller comparison of Casey to Vanek and feeling like that doesn't do Casey's feet the justice they deserve.

 

[Fezzy126]

BTN announcers player comparison - Casey Mittelstadt = Thomas Vanek?

If you watched only their feet there couldn't be two more different players. BTN announcers are curious people...

 

[Fezzy126]

It was such a clowning wasn't it? Like... how did he just do that?

Hearing the Miller comparison of Casey to Vanek and feeling like that doesn't do Casey's feet the justice they deserve.

Guess I was too late on my reaction...

 

[Chainshot]

BTN announcers player comparison - Casey Mittelstadt = Thomas Vanek?

If you watched only their feet there couldn't be two more different players. BTN announcers are curious people...

Yeah, I get the hands part... but that is like they sawed Casey in half and dropped the lower part into the Mississippi.

 

[Chainshot]

So I liked his period overall but didn't love it. He just seemed to be meshing with Bristedt on his wing in the last few games, more so than with McManus or Gates and perhaps almost as well as with Pitlick from earlier in the season. But I would like to see a bit more control of play from him -- my usual, I admit -- but his d-zone game is getting better and better.

 

[Chainshot]

Nice shift - drives the wing, gets a shot, possession continues and eventually with Casey's entire line converging on the net, Glover pounds one through. Casey gets an assist.

 

[Fezzy126]

Maybe they should have compared Casey to Gunner Stahl... Romeo is not gonna give him the glove tonight.

 

[Chainshot]

Maybe they should have compared Casey to Gunner Stahl... Romeo is not gonna give him the glove tonight.

....what if he goes stick side?

 

[Chainshot]

How was that not a penalty? Attacks the net on the backhand, gets grabbed into the post, puck goes wide.

 

[Chainshot]

Casey smash! What a hit. I'm not sure who's more surprised, Casey or the guy he drilled.

He leveraged Brendon Kearney in the corner and planted him into the ice while backchecking near his own goal line on the Lw boards. Not part of his usual arsenal, but hey, maybe he'll get a little more space.

 

[Chainshot]

Oooo getting last minute ToI on LW with Sheery and Novak to protect the lead with the OSU goalie out.

 

[Chainshot]

Gophers win, strong team defensive game against OSU, big win against the #6 team in the country.

 

[joshjull]

 

[Cirris]

BTN announcers player comparison - Casey Mittelstadt = Thomas Vanek?

If you watched only their feet there couldn't be two more different players. BTN announcers are curious people...

Seriously? CM is nothing like Vanek. At all. CM is more like a "good" Tim Connolly, after he matured and before his brains got scrambled.

 

[ende]

if he stays in school next year then he's a FA a year after that..

Sign him in Buffalo for next year, if he doesn't sign then trade him ASAP.

Holy hell stfu with this noise. He is a 1st rounder, not some 4th. It is not at all the same situation as players you’re associating with. What do people not understanf about this?