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Forums :: Blog World :: Michael Pachla: Borgen & Mittelstadt signings = good news in a bad season. + @Leafs tonight
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jdfitz77
Buffalo Sabres
Location: buffalo, NY
Joined: 05.21.2007

Mar 26 @ 5:27 PM ET
I don't spend any time projecting lottery winning picks. Might get one, might not. They might play in the NHL next year, they might not. I want to see how Mittlestadt plays with Jack, on the PP and off.
- Lunaion


U think he will play wing 5v5 ?
Wetbandit1
Vegas Golden Knights
Location: Unpopular opinion (i think): The best Die Hard movie is the 4th one- Live free or Die Hard -jdfitz7, NY
Joined: 10.07.2010

Mar 26 @ 5:27 PM ET
True lol ..

My mom said he got knocked out by a girl .. but he’s telling everyone it was a big black dude


So there is your ammo for next year

- gerbe75pts


Wait, your brother got his ass kicked by a girl? Delightful

It won't be the last time either.
jdfitz77
Buffalo Sabres
Location: buffalo, NY
Joined: 05.21.2007

Mar 26 @ 5:28 PM ET
Wait, your brother got his ass kicked by a girl? Delightful

It won't be the last time either.

- Wetbandit1


For a SECOND time
Gerbe’s ex-gf broke his nose before
Wetbandit1
Vegas Golden Knights
Location: Unpopular opinion (i think): The best Die Hard movie is the 4th one- Live free or Die Hard -jdfitz7, NY
Joined: 10.07.2010

Mar 26 @ 5:29 PM ET
Sorry if I'm late on this, but it looks like Mittelstadt will not accrue a year pro because he won't play 10 games, so he'll be exempt from the expansion draft.
MCGUIZZY
Buffalo Sabres
Location: Bay Area, CA
Joined: 06.20.2012

Mar 26 @ 5:29 PM ET
Plan is to play Mittelstadt at center per Botteril
gerbe75pts
Anaheim Ducks
Location: DRAFT COLE CAUFIELD AT 7!!!, CA
Joined: 09.03.2009

Mar 26 @ 5:30 PM ET
What does 56 have to do with Stafford?
- dadeadhead

Lunaion
Joined: 05.23.2016

Mar 26 @ 5:31 PM ET
U think he will play wing 5v5 ?
- jdfitz77


I would have, sounds like they aren't.
Stripes77
Referee
Buffalo Sabres
Location: Where ever Matt Ellis allows me to be, NY
Joined: 07.30.2012

Mar 26 @ 5:33 PM ET
Plan is to play Mittelstadt at center per Botteril
- MCGUIZZY


Peace out ROR
dadeadhead
Buffalo Sabres
Location: I don't want to say Greztky was a dude when I was watching. Mentalorgasm5 , NY
Joined: 07.16.2006

Mar 26 @ 5:34 PM ET

- gerbe75pts



Still what does it have to do with Stafford?

Your statement

"Only one quarterback has ever been good with 56% Completion Percentage

Matthew Stafford that's it”

Stafford had a 57.1% not 56%
DDM-Coga
Colorado Avalanche
Location: If Chabot is not in the NHL, Ill revoke my account - AlfiesSald, AB
Joined: 07.24.2009

Mar 26 @ 5:35 PM ET
Peace out ROR
- Stripes77


ROR to montreal confirmed
PrinceChill
Buffalo Sabres
Joined: 10.06.2014

Mar 26 @ 5:35 PM ET
Plan is to play Mittelstadt at center per Botteril
- MCGUIZZY

What wingers is this poor guy getting stuck with? Nolan and Josefson?
Fattony1187
Buffalo Sabres
Joined: 02.12.2015

Mar 26 @ 5:35 PM ET
True lol ..

My mom said he got knocked out by a girl .. but he’s telling everyone it was a big black dude


So there is your ammo for next year

- gerbe75pts



Seems like a whole family of “tolerant” scums. Racist to boot.
Pegullaville
Buffalo Sabres
Location: Toronto
Joined: 03.16.2011

Mar 26 @ 5:35 PM ET
Plan is to play Mittelstadt at center per Botteril
- MCGUIZZY

been posting this in the past couple of blogs but ever since he was drafted Botts always referred to the Penguins model of buidling down the middle. Rolling Eichel, O'Reilly, Mittelstadt down the middle sounds good to me.
sbroads24
Buffalo Sabres
Location: We are in 30th place. It's 2017 , NY
Joined: 02.12.2012

Mar 26 @ 5:38 PM ET
Peace out ROR
- Stripes77

Pretty please.

This team will be better with the return for him than with him. I guarantee it
MCGUIZZY
Buffalo Sabres
Location: Bay Area, CA
Joined: 06.20.2012

Mar 26 @ 5:39 PM ET
Im not really excited about the idea of Mittelstadt at 3rd line center
MCGUIZZY
Buffalo Sabres
Location: Bay Area, CA
Joined: 06.20.2012

Mar 26 @ 5:40 PM ET
been posting this in the past couple of blogs but ever since he was drafted Botts always referred to the Penguins model of buidling down the middle. Rolling Eichel, O'Reilly, Mittelstadt down the middle sounds good to me.
- Pegullaville



Yea maybe if we actually had good wingers. If hes at 3rd line center-who the hell are his wingers?
PrinceChill
Buffalo Sabres
Joined: 10.06.2014

Mar 26 @ 5:42 PM ET
Pretty please.

This team will be better with the return for him than with him. I guarantee it

- sbroads24

I think Kane set the market for ROR. A 2nd and a 4th.
Sabresfan-365
Buffalo Sabres
Location: Lockport, NY
Joined: 12.09.2012

Mar 26 @ 5:44 PM ET
He was almost a point a game. The subtext of the even-strength comment is clear. You're already positioning yourself against him a la ROR imo
- jcragcrumple



first off, i was never a fan of his on draft day to begin with so its not news.

second, you misread the subtext, itst not about the game state, its about the players compared to. He produced well for an 8th overall pick that was a freshman on a bad team.

Its not like he produced 3 points a game where hes gunna come in and produce like barzal. He's probably been developing at exactly the pace you'd predict he would. I mentioned before, I think he's going to be our version of Marner.

and mittelstadt makes roughly 6.5 mil less than ROR, so the comparison is flawed.
Pegullaville
Buffalo Sabres
Location: Toronto
Joined: 03.16.2011

Mar 26 @ 5:44 PM ET
Pretty please.

This team will be better with the return for him than with him. I guarantee it

- sbroads24

Ship him to Arizona in part of a package for OEL or to Carolina for Skinner and a prospect. Sign Bozak to a 2 year deal worth 6M a year (overpayment yes but works in short term). Roll Eichel-Mittelstadt-Bozak down the middle.
Pegullaville
Buffalo Sabres
Location: Toronto
Joined: 03.16.2011

Mar 26 @ 5:51 PM ET
Yea maybe if we actually had good wingers. If hes at 3rd line center-who the hell are his wingers?
- MCGUIZZY

If I was Housley my lineup on Thursday would look like this:

Wilson-ROR-Okposo
Girgsnsons-Eichel-Pominville
Erod-Mitts-Reinhart
Bailey-Josefson/Larsson-Baptiste
Sabresfan-365
Buffalo Sabres
Location: Lockport, NY
Joined: 12.09.2012

Mar 26 @ 5:54 PM ET
Ship him to Arizona in part of a package for OEL or to Carolina for Skinner and a prospect. Sign Bozak to a 2 year deal worth 6M a year (overpayment yes but works in short term). Roll Eichel-Mittelstadt-Bozak down the middle.
- Pegullaville


you do know that ROR's contract is almost entirely bonuses right? Those are the last two teams that would add him.
sbroads24
Buffalo Sabres
Location: We are in 30th place. It's 2017 , NY
Joined: 02.12.2012

Mar 26 @ 5:58 PM ET
you do know that ROR's contract is almost entirely bonuses right? Those are the last two teams that would add him.
- Sabresfan-365

Hasn’t most of his bonuses been paid already? I thought I read he’s only owed like 5 mil per year cash after this year?
Pegullaville
Buffalo Sabres
Location: Toronto
Joined: 03.16.2011

Mar 26 @ 6:00 PM ET
you do know that ROR's contract is almost entirely bonuses right? Those are the last two teams that would add him.
- Sabresfan-365

Next year he makes 8.5M in real money. Final four years he makes $6M in real money with 7.5M cap hit. OEL is making $5.5M right now so really next year you would only be adding $3M in real money. Then getting a centre they desperately need at $6M a year for four years which would be a mere $500K of what they are currently paying to OEL.
Sabresfan-365
Buffalo Sabres
Location: Lockport, NY
Joined: 12.09.2012

Mar 26 @ 6:03 PM ET
Next year he makes 8.5M in real money. Final four years he makes $6M in real money with 7.5M cap hit. OEL is making $5.5M right now so really next year you would only be adding $3M in real money. Then getting a centre they desperately need at $6M a year for four years which would be a mere $500K of what they are currently paying to OEL.
- Pegullaville


Its not the total money thats the issue. teams like arizona and carolina, the latter of whom is too cheap to pay their next GM market value, aren't going to take on contracts where the majority of the pay is coming in huge bonuses
MCGUIZZY
Buffalo Sabres
Location: Bay Area, CA
Joined: 06.20.2012

Mar 26 @ 6:03 PM ET
If I was Housley my lineup on Thursday would look like this:

Wilson-ROR-Okposo
Girgsnsons-Eichel-Pominville
Erod-Mitts-Reinhart
Bailey-Josefson/Larsson-Baptiste

- Pegullaville



I have a feeling its gonna be a Vet on his wing. Either Okposo or Pominville
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