habs_93 Posted June 23, 2017 Report Share Posted June 23, 2017 #17 Torrey Mitchell Position: Centre Shoots: RightBirthplace: Greenfield Park, QC, CAN Birth date: 30 January 1985 Age: 32 Height: 5' 11" Weight: 190 lbsDrafted by: San JoseDraft Year: 2004 Round 4 (126th Overall) Archive 2016-17 Stats | NHL.com | Contract Info OwnThePuck HERO Chart (http://ownthepuck.blogspot.com/): Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ramcharger440 Posted June 28, 2017 Report Share Posted June 28, 2017 I like him but after he has his early season scoring run we should trade him before the rest of the season slump. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RyderRocks73 Posted September 30, 2017 Report Share Posted September 30, 2017 I have a feeling DLR is going to gradually take over his spot this year as it would be easier to let go of Torrey than a young guy who could potentially be more. To me, Mitchell has been an amazing 4th line center. Do we see a trade midway through the season? What's the return? 4th round pick? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Habs_Hockey_Nutz Posted September 30, 2017 Report Share Posted September 30, 2017 59 minutes ago, RyderRocks73 said: I have a feeling DLR is going to gradually take over his spot this year as it would be easier to let go of Torrey than a young guy who could potentially be more. To me, Mitchell has been an amazing 4th line center. Do we see a trade midway through the season? What's the return? 4th round pick? Agreed... it may even be a good time to cut ties with Torrey now... hopefully via a trade for picks or as part of a trade Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigTed3 Posted October 1, 2017 Report Share Posted October 1, 2017 DLR has had a better camp than Mitchell, and it's also clear CJ didn't care much for Mitchell at the end of last year. However, I do think we need a right-handed center somewhere. We saw what happened when we didn't replace the likes of Metro/Halpen/White properly and we didn't have a righty for key D-zone face-offs to the right of our goalie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RyderRocks73 Posted October 1, 2017 Report Share Posted October 1, 2017 24 minutes ago, BigTed3 said: DLR has had a better camp than Mitchell, and it's also clear CJ didn't care much for Mitchell at the end of last year. However, I do think we need a right-handed center somewhere. We saw what happened when we didn't replace the likes of Metro/Halpen/White properly and we didn't have a righty for key D-zone face-offs to the right of our goalie. Was this something we all discussed? There was an influx of draws lost on the right side of our zone because of handedness? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maas_art Posted October 3, 2017 Report Share Posted October 3, 2017 On 10/1/2017 at 3:43 PM, BigTed3 said: DLR has had a better camp than Mitchell, and it's also clear CJ didn't care much for Mitchell at the end of last year. However, I do think we need a right-handed center somewhere. We saw what happened when we didn't replace the likes of Metro/Halpen/White properly and we didn't have a righty for key D-zone face-offs to the right of our goalie. Could one of our right wingers take those draws? Shaw (54% FO% last year) is the only guy who jumps out as a decent option but perhaps McCarron (40-50%) or Gallager (40ish percent career) could be groomed? Hemsky is also a right shot but has taken very few FO over his long career. I agree with you that DLR has looked a lot better than Mitchell & I wonder if it isnt a waste to use a roster spot on him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigTed3 Posted October 4, 2017 Report Share Posted October 4, 2017 9 hours ago, maas_art said: Could one of our right wingers take those draws? Shaw (54% FO% last year) is the only guy who jumps out as a decent option but perhaps McCarron (40-50%) or Gallager (40ish percent career) could be groomed? Hemsky is also a right shot but has taken very few FO over his long career. I agree with you that DLR has looked a lot better than Mitchell & I wonder if it isnt a waste to use a roster spot on him. If we had another skill option to discuss for the 4th line center, I would absolutely be fine with swapping Mitchell out. But barring that, I'm asking myself what skills the 4th liners bring that add value to the team. Do we have guys who go to the net, play with intensity, play well on the PK, win face-offs, etc. These are guys who get 7-10 minutes a night, and you want players who aren't going to hurt you if they get caught out against another team's top lines. Parros hurt us. Laraque hurt us. Mike Brown hurt us. You can't throw those guys out safely. But I'm happy to have a right-handed center like Halpern, Metro, White, or Mitchell here, because it gives us a skill we lack up the rest of the line-up. Shaw has done okay at face-offs but he's concussion-prone and he's frequently in the box at key moments, so hard to ask him to be the guy to take that key late-game PK faceoff when he's the one penalized! As for Mac and BG, well 40% is really abysmal. Most guys are somewhere in the 48-52% range, no matter how good or bad they are. In general, face-off skill is overrated and doesn't affect the game that much, but I still see it having value when you're talking about specific situations. So unless Mac proves he's ready or we get more skill onto the 4th, Mitchell as a right-handed center and PK player gives us as much utility as anyone else we have for that role. I'm excited to see if DLR can really take that next step after his last exhibition game, but he's got to make big strides because he's been a disappointment the past 2-3 years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Habberwacky Posted October 4, 2017 Report Share Posted October 4, 2017 Looking at the preseason DLR appears to understand the role and has vastly improved his ability to create scoring chances and use his size. I am a little shodked that Mitchell is in the position he is in, but good for DLR. If he can stick it will be an improvement and it looks like he is part of the reason Martinsen has been sent down. We have some very good interchangeable parts for our third and fourth lines and should give teams trouble with those matchups. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maas_art Posted October 4, 2017 Report Share Posted October 4, 2017 at the end the day though, if he gets bumped for DLR, you just have to #BlameKinot Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kinot-2 Posted October 4, 2017 Report Share Posted October 4, 2017 55 minutes ago, maas_art said: at the end the day though, if he gets bumped for DLR, you just have to #BlameKinot 'Tis the season for it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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