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#17 Torrey Mitchell 2015-2016


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He was on the ice at practice today for "longer than expected". We could really use him back on the 4th line. You could tell the guys were gassed towards the end of the game last night which was probably partially because we weren't rolling all four lines like we did with Mitchell at center. Playing catch-up all game doesn't help either but I think his return will give us a big boost.

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Having a solid right-handed center is something that has helped our line-up immensely in the past decade. Most of our top 9 centers have been lefties (Pleks, Koivu, DD, Eller, Galchenyuk, etc.), so it's really been imperative to have a righty on the 4th line who can play dependable defence late in games and win face-offs. We had that with Metropolit and with Halpen, and we missed those two players when they left. Ryan White filled the void briefly but he clearly didn't have the same confidence from his coaches. Mitchell is a reliable player whose given us the bonus of chipping in with offence too, but more importantly, he stabilized that 4th line and allowed us to play them 8-10 minutes without feeling like we were in trouble. Flynn and Byron have had spurts of strong play, but they're not nearly as consistent as Mitchell, and their games aren't as well-rounded.

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