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Confirmed Trade: [COL/BUF] Casey Mittelstadt for Bowen Byram

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Bowe Byrum said:
ya but he's small and might take forever coming over. I'm with ya on most but yes he's the hope.

I think we draft a dman this year as there are a few and a Swedish gem lurking in our spot which will likely be late 20's.

I don't think we get past the 2nd round honestly.
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We’ve killed Dallas all year. We’ll handle Peg too. It’s Vegas that will be the hurdle.

Gulyayev is playing major minutes in the KHL as an 18 year old. That’s a man’s league. He’s way ahead of schedule. He’s a gem. His team just advanced to the 2nd round of the playoffs. He’s playing 17+ minutes a game on the second pair of a top KHL team in the playoffs. Already has a playoff goal and assist. He’s Ritchie level good. An A rated prospect for sure.

Gulyayev makes one of Byram or Girard expendable. He’ll join the Avs top 4 when he turns 21 and his KHL contract is up. He’s got the playoffs + two more seasons to develop on a top KHL team as a core player. He’ll play well over 200 professional games including playoff games before he gets to the Avs.

Bonus is he stays clear of the Avs garbage development system in Loveland/AHL. I wouldn’t trade him for the 10th overall pick in the 2024 draft.
 
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Chainshot said:
He shouldn't look anything like RyJo - Mitts gives a damn.

And yes, he's poor at faceoffs. Some specific night's he will be solid, but figure he's going to get beaten more than he wins as his 45% career figure indicates.
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He was great defensively there was one odd man where Makar missed his pinch. Mitts backchecked like crazy trying to lift stick from both side while also giving some push to the Wild player. Probably the part of his game I liked the most yesterday. We've seen a bit of his playmaking and some scoring chances that defense part was a bonus !
 
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Watch a lot of Colorado games. Bo never re-reached his level of play that he showed in 2022 playoffs. Statements at that time of I wouldn't trade him for X made sense. Not sure of the why's but if he tracks back to that level Buffalo's the easy winner here. I am rooting for the kid.

Buffalo had too many centers so they traded one for too many LDs. There must be another part pending in this.
 
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Spilot23 said:
He was great defensively there was one odd man where Makar missed his pinch. Mitts backchecked like crazy trying to lift stick from both side while also giving some push to the Wild player. Probably the part of his game I liked the most yesterday. We've seen a bit of his playmaking and some scoring chances that defense part was a bonus !
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That is one of the things about him - he is dogged in attempting to regain the puck. It made him stand out among the Sabres centers for sure and is part of the assessment about his defensive game.

Mitts cares. He gives a damn. RyJo I don’t think I could say the same ever.
 
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lionsDen said:
Byfield is a good comparison here, buffalo should just weather the storm for sure
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It's not really a comparison. Byfield played in AHL and was cooked properly... and was given a reasonable bridge contract after his ELC ...

Being patient with that contract is a lot easier than being patient with a 7 year 8.25mill contract.
 
dire wolf said:
I think Ostlund is most likely to be their 2C eventually -- but probably not for another 2 years. Unless they make a big deal this summer, they'll probably roll with Krebs next year, which is not a good solution if they actually want to make the team better.
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It shouldn't be that difficult to find a stop gap 3C for next season especially when their cap isn't very tight.
 
absolute garbage said:
It shouldn't be that difficult to find a stop gap 3C for next season especially when their cap isn't very tight.
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One would think so. But this is Buffalo and if any lesson has been taught, it's that they will find a way to bungle things even finding a 3rd or 4th center.
 
Yeah wasn’t terribly impressed. Poor little fella didn’t want to come to Colorado… I thought he was gonna cry. Colorado f***ed up

Doesn’t play big
Doesn’t play with an edge
Bad at faceoffs
 
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Beerz said:
It's not really a comparison. Byfield played in AHL and was cooked properly... and was given a reasonable bridge contract after his ELC ...

Being patient with that contract is a lot easier than being patient with a 7 year 8.25mill contract.
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Fair enough
 
absolute garbage said:
It shouldn't be that difficult to find a stop gap 3C for next season especially when their cap isn't very tight.
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Except this is Buffalo, so very few players who have a say in where they play want come here, which leaves available the options of trading for players without any trade protection or getting players from the draft. This isn’t a city/franchise where you can go “hey there’s 6 UFAs this summer that might fill that role, go sign one.”
 
McJedi said:
Avs need a guy that resigns for $5.something anyway. Mitts missed two very high danger shots last night. Slick moves to free himself up for the close range dump-in.

Avs can’t afford a great 2C. We’ll settle for solid and appropriately paid 2C.
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Id say he's been playing like a top-6 C since last season. He's not going to light it up in goal scoring, but he's great at the more nuanced parts of the game + seems like he's settling into a 55-65 pt C.

Also, I think he'll be closer to 7M a year, but he'll be worth it.
 
Dubi Doo said:
Id say he's been playing like a top-6 C since last season. He's not going to light it up in goal scoring, but he's great at the more nuanced parts of the game + seems like he's settling into a 55-65 pt C.

Also, I think he'll be closer to 7M a year, but he'll be worth it.
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He won’t be an Avs player long if that’s his AAV expectation. We can’t afford that unless it’s short term. Like 3 years. Which he’d be a fool to sign.

I doubt we have Mitts more than 1.3 seasons if he wants a big payday. We’d just walk him into UFA via arbitration.
 
EdAVSfan said:
He’ll absolutely sign a medium to long term deal with the Avs. I have zero doubt.

They would never have made this trade if it was only for short term.
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Id assume so. Contenders continously get themselves out of cap crunches. Mitts is worth keeping around long-term even if it takes some moves in the future to be cap compliant. Him and Mack are a really good 1-2 punch.
 
Buffalo doesn't need another LHD so this was a pure value trade. I have no problem putting draft choices on the table, but not our 1st. If Mittel was 20 and broke out then I would put up our 1st with a top 5 protection.

I love to have gotten him for the Habs. He fits the timeliness and the attitude for our team, but obviously Hughes has other plans.

Oh well.
 
Dubi Doo said:
Id assume so. Contenders continously get themselves out of cap crunches. Mitts is worth keeping around long-term even if it takes some move in the future to be cap compliant. Him and Mack are a really good 1-2 punch.
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It’s only logical.

There will be some moves that require some cap adjusting, but the Avs didn’t go out and use one of their best valuable trade chips for a rental when the kid is 25 and fills a massive need on the team.
 
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HabsAddict said:
Buffalo doesn't need another LHD so this was a pure value trade. I have no problem putting draft choices on the table, but not our 1st. If Mittel was 20 and broke out then I would put up our 1st with a top 5 protection.

I love to have gotten him for the Habs. He fits the timeliness and the attitude for our team, but obviously Hughes has other plans.

Oh well.
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Buffalo’s been looking to add a top 4 defenseman for ~2 years. A righty would’ve been better, but I’m quite certain Mittelstadt doesn’t get traded for straight up magic beans. The Sabres org obviously view(s/ed) Byram as a young top pairing D. Whether they’re right about that is still tbd, but I can’t imagine they’d be anywhere near as excited about a pick.
 
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Not a great game by anyone on the Avs last night but Mitts want bad. He had a couple good looks that he took the shot on rather than pass it off so that was encouraging. The way his game has been explained offensively, he sounds like a tanguay type in that he passes up shot opportunities so was glad to see him use his shot. If he’s gonna fit here, he’ll have to learn to adapt a bit and shoot once in a while, even Drouin had to learn that here.

Also, hopefully they put Rantanen with him at some point to see how it works.
 
It was the first or second game for Byram in his new club.

The Sabres gain against the Oilers tonight anyway.
 
It looks like he has simplified his game, and has finally filled out a bit.
 
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