Confirmed with Link: Mittelstadt re-signed (3 years, $5.75M AAV)

[The Merchant]

The biggest problem is that the Avs cannot afford for him to take an entire season to "figure it out" while their contention window is slipping through their fingers. You can excuse them for the positive early returns, but there was always inherent risk in trading their most valuable "expendable" piece for an unproven player. Now they're paying the price for it.

 

[The Merchant]

 

[Tike Myson]

It's terrifying to think that Mittelstadt is potentially only a ~40-45 point average 2/3C tweener who can't skate and we gave up our best trade chip for him.

 

[expatriatedtexan]

Does anyone else think that Bednar sometimes feels like he's the guy in the background here trying to control stuff.

 

[John Mandalorian]

At 1st glance an injury or illness would look most likely. But everyone seems to be saying and acting as if he is fully healthy. So, I have no idea what it is. Maybe it's a PAP type issue going on where nobody can or should talk about it.

Whats even more odd is that he was doing well when Drouin, Lehkonen, and Nichushkin were out. Around the time they came back is when he started to struggle.

He's suiting up and being called out by Bednar. Unless hes concealing it, an injury is unlikely.

The theory that rarely gets mentioned because its hard to prove is that he's a victim of the blender. When those guys mentioned above were out, he probably played with guys he was on a line with going back to training camp/pre season. He had time to develop rapport. Then Nichushkin, Lehkonen, and Drouin come back and its the blender playing with guys he hadnt played with in months.

 

[Foppa2118]

25 points at 5v5 would still be the third best of his career.

The season before the last two, he had 10 points in 40 games at 5v5. Season before that he had 11 in 41. The season before that was his sophomore year, and he had 15 in 77.

The last two years were the outlier not this year.

 

[Balthazar]

I can't imagine he has positive value with those stats and that contract.

Imagine having to pay to dump his ass a year after trading Byram for him. Then having to find more assets to get a new 2C.

That's a nightmare scenario for the GM.

 

[missionAvs]

I'm feeling pretty validated on my "mitts is not the guy" take.

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Dude is f***ing nosediving

Brutal. Absolutely brutal.

 

[Foppa2118]

I'm feeling pretty validated on my "mitts is not the guy" take.

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Dude is f***ing nosediving

He can be better than he is now, but the amount of shit I took just for calmly and without hyperbole expressing my concerns with the trade, makes me want to bump that trade thread every day.

We'll see how it plays out, but it feels like it's going to end with Mitts being traded again, and the Avs having to face Byram playing top pair with Hughes in Vancouver every year.

I would prefer Mitts becoming the 2C everyone thought he would be though.