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[Signing] Sabres re-sign Casey Mittelstadt


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10 hours ago, N7Nucks said:

Not meeting expectations doesn't make you a bust. Olli has the chance to bust, but Jake can't. He's proven NHL talent. Mittelstadt isn't NHL level talent and hasn't made any improvements the last couple years. Which could be argued is Buffalo's fault. He's probably played 100 more NHL games than he should have. He still has a chance to become something, but at this stage with the way his development is going it's not looking good. Virtanen has been trending upwards (despite most fan's desires to trash him every chance they get) every year since his sophomore year. So it makes no sense to put him in the conversation unless you really just can't stop thinking about Virtanen. 

That’s the exact definition of what a bust is, not meeting expectations. Are you saying Patrik Stefan isn’t a bust because he was a proven NHL talent for 8 seasons, despite being a highly touted first overall pick? 
 

When he joined the Sabres at the end of the 2018 season, he had a promising start, 5 points in 6 games. In his first full season, he did better than what Jake did at the age of 20. Obviously, Mittelstadt had an off-year last year, being healthy scratched, and then sent down, but his career is far from being a bust at 22 yrs old. If his career continues to trend downward by the age of 26, then you can safely say he’s in the bust territory.  

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