Mittlestadt is the bad linemate there is no reverse, he's the problem. Olofsson was bad 5v5 when he was a rookie, so that needs to be held against him for the rest of his career apparently
McCabe isn't a top 4 Dman and I'm a McCabe fan

OK I apologize for questioning your omniscience

Really wanted them to go after Crouse last TDL and offseason before he signed.

They have both been bad for long stretches this year, if either one can be used for a upgrade or a piece for a upgrade there should be no hesitation to do so. Sabres have plenty of talented Wingers coming up.

You want a conversation or you want everyone to bow to you after 1 rebuttal? I'm not going to stop defending my point

This isn't a conversation. It's you stating everything as fact. I'm sorry for questioning those absolute facts that you posted on my post. "There is no reverse. He's the problem." after all

Im sorry you can't listen to counter opinions without feeling attacked

I have good conversations on here all the time. "Im right. There is no reverse." - @Shibbal18 Why would I have a conversation with you?

How that any different than

Hhh

Like I've already admitted, you're right. There is no reverse. Please leave me out of it going forward

Mitts leads the team with 8 points in the past 12GP 5v5.

1. Mitts 8
2. Tage 7

Via NHL.com, I've got Tuch atop the Sabres with 9 ev points (3+6) followed by Tage (5+3) and Mitts (1+7)

No biggie, nice to see Mitts contributing 5v5 and if he could ever get it in his head that perimeter play can only take you so far, he'd end up contributing even more.

Edit: nice avatar. All Hail Taro Tsujimoto! (Punch was awesome)

12 games is a weird point to set. Probably because 6 of those 8 points came from 3 games so you had to go back to the Pittsburgh game. Also those 2 goals in Detroit were luck, as everyone noted at the time. Those 3 games (6 points) also account for the majority of his 5v5 points on the year. If Olofsson's biggest knock is that he is streaky, we can't then say Mittlestadt is better because of his performance in 3 games out of 39

Got your claws out, I see. My, we certainly are touchy.

I didn't pick 12 games, just added the correction.

He didn't say anything about Olofsson nor did he reply to something about Olofsson. Take a breath. Mittlestadt is allowed to play well sometimes, wish it was more, but he does do it sometimes

I said 5v5, not EV....

And thanks! I got this New Era lid when it came out. Would be an awesome 3rd jersey sometime!

I'm just illustrating that he is not "really, really bad". Granato doesn't think so. Adams doesn't think so. Mitts' teammates don't think so.

I know you're dug in on your opinion.

Mitts is still developing. That shouldn't be hard to understand.

What is touchy about that? It's just the stats

Again not sure why you feel attacked by my pointing out numbers.

Even looking at those numbers that's not a good case, but then when you go to the eye test, he is, in fact really really bad. He's developing into a top tier center for the German league

Maybe you should focus more on watching the game than simply the stats? You know, like you told me to actually watch the game, not just the highlights.

Yes i feel so attacked. Oh my. I get it tho. We all have quotas, at least 50% of your 24,000 (wow!!!!!!) posts need to be dragging Mittelstadt. You do you

I mean, yeah, that's why I am watching again. Just watched Mitts take a holding penalty in the offensive zone at the end of a PP that immediately turned into a game tying goal. He's so good, can't believe I missed it

So because I've been on here for 8 years, that means I have an attitude? I don't get it