This is a great point. Out of curiosity I checked how many PIMs Mitchell has. 6. 6!! The toughest defenseman on our team, always checking top opposing forwards, has only taken 3 minor penalties this year. This tells me he plays an extremely disciplined game, never makes the lazy play, and rarely takes a penalty to cover up a mistake. I think this is very telling of the kind of player Mitchell is.tuzzi44 wrote:Hes definetly changed his game alot since the playoffs. and i prefer him this way... everyone in here would be hatin on him for taking dumb penalties!
Just watching him , you can really see how good he is at reading a play. How many times have you seen him break up a scoring chance with Jim Hughson's favorite play, the "good stick"? This guy is the real deal, and his importance will be appreciated more and more as time goes on. He's my favorite new Canuck.