Friday was not Casey Mittselstadt’s first rodeo when it came to packing up his bags and ingratiating himself to a new dressing room.
The 26-year-old forward has now been traded twice in his career — closing out a seven-year tenure in Buffalo last March after getting traded to the Colorado Avalanche for defenseman Bowen Byram.
But after just 81 games in Colorado split across two seasons, Mittelstadt once again found himself on the move — dealt to Boston on Friday as the primary return in a transaction centered on longtime Bruin Charlie Coyle.
There’s been little time for the Edina, Minnesota native to adjust to his new surroundings — be it his first tilt with Boston on Saturday in Tampa or his first practice with his new teammates on Monday at Warrior Ice Arena.