Rejoint: mars 2017
Messages: 500
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Mittelstadt was really good tonight. Made crafty plays at the net and on the boards to keep possession. His best deployment is as the 3rd best player on a line where he isn’t called on to do the heavy lifting but can make those small plays he excels at. Now, I’m not saying replace him with Skinner but I don’t want to give up on him. He’s an asset on PP2 and I would hope is still not done physically maturing. Ideally, in two years he centers Savioe or Rosen of some combination of young speed and skill that’s ready where his play on the wall, near the net, and the face off dot will make them a formidable 3rd line. Bryson is proof that the size in the NHL now has speed too and he simply cannot create separation as a smaller defenseman where so many others had been able to for the past decade. It’s unfortunate because I think his skill set and IQ are really high but his speed and quickness are not elite and they have to be elite to be effective at his size.