Got no clue what's going on with Mitts. Part of me REALLY wants to believe he's injured. But if that was the case, by this point he'd surely have missed at least a game or two, right?
Makes me think this really is just between the ears. Problem is, we can not afford to have a top six player, much less center, go on this long of a cold streak.
If it is between his ears, Bednar would probably be doing himself a favor in the long run but scratching Mitts for a game or two consecutively (call it an UBI, and nobody will be the wiser). Really hope he just isn't wilting because he's on a what should be a cup contender using him as a 2C. When healthy we've got elite wingers with good depth, he doesn't have to be a Forsberg type 2C. He can just be a Mittlestadt 2C, as long as that version gets back on track.
Nobody on this team should have to be much better than they are for this team to really kick ass and make some noise. They just need to be healthy. We've all seen Mitts play much, much better than this. Damn... where have I heard that before? Oh, whenever we talked about Byram after the Cup run. Of course, Bo didn't really go just controller disconnected on us either so...
Dude needs to figure it out pronto, and CMac needs to immediately start working on plans B and C if he hasn't already. We really don't have a ton of assets or cap space...so if CMac has to address this situation, I can only think it'll be a rental 2C and then he'll hope for something more permanent in the summer... or convince himself that Ritchie will be worth giving a chance to.
