[The Sabre Report] Elliotte Friedman via 32 Thoughts: The Podcast: “I heard there’s a lot of teams going to watch Mittelstadt … I don’t know what’s going to happen here, but I think there’s a lot of teams watching him. Buffalo’s got a decision, pay him or move on.”
Elliotte Friedman via 32 Thoughts: The Podcast:
"I heard there's a lot of teams going to watch Mittelstadt … I don't know what's going to happen here, but I think there's a lot of teams watching him.
Buffalo's got a decision, pay him or move on." pic.twitter.com/4VYakCrGM5
— The Sabre Report (@TheSabreReport) February 23, 2024
by seeldoger47
14 Comments
I mean… yeah
Looking forward to seeing Casey get traded and then go on to win a cup in like 2 years…
Sign him. He is our 1-2-3 punch for centers.
He can bounce between 1st 2nd and 3rd liner as well making him even more valuable.
Just not more than 6mil
Depends on his price and term. He’s a good player. Also depends on what a return might look like.
If they trade Mitts they better get a fucking haul back…
I want to keep Mitts. There’s no one on the team who plays like him and he can play any role from 1st line center to 3rd line winger. If you can keep him at 6.5M or lower I’d do it.
Trade. There’s so many centers in the pipeline right now that could get to his level. It’s not worth giving him a deal now and risking the same situation with a younger (and possibly) more talented prospect in 1-2 years. If we were higher in the standings today I’d have a different opinion but we are where we are. Hope the best for the guy though.
Whatever they do will be the wrong decision.
Fucking pay him. If this team moves Mitts or Tuch then I’m fucking done.
This has to be a negotiation tactic. There’s no way KA is trading away a guy who wants to be here, worked his ass off for us, for himself and for the team, just to be here!!! You don’t trade a guy like that because there’s a chance a prospect will turn into him in a few years. The team can afford him and the cap situation is fine.
It would be super Buffalo-ish to trade him though. Sabres go from trading away guys who don’t want to be here to trading away guys who do. Bold strategy, but nothing else has worked 😂
The same people saying “pay him” will be the same people complaining about his contract in 5 years. He’s not signing for less than $8m. If this is his career year, you’ll hate paying that much down the road.
I can’t believe we have to trust KA to make whatever his wrong decision is going to be
Don’t we still have two years until he’s an RFA? We don’t have to do anything with him
Move him while his value is at its peak. Tage and Cozens are our top 2 centres for the next 7 years, Mitts just doesn’t fit. We need a defensive third line center on a good contract who plays physical and with some grit that is sorely missing. Boone Jenner is the dream but doubt it happens