Casey Mittelstadt proved to his head coach that he heard the message sent from the healthy scratch, but will he continue to produce for the Bruins?
Casey Mittelstadt was the first Boston Bruins veteran to feel the wrath of the team's slow start. Mittelstadt was too inconsistent and soft on the details for Marco Sturm to handle, and he made the second-line center a healthy scratch for last Sunday's game against the Utah Mammoth. While it was a bit surprising for Sturm to make such a bold move so early in his tenure, the Bruins hoped it would serve as a wake-up call for Mittelstadt.