Last summer, Ray Shero traded away a second and fourth rounder to acquire then-22 year old Mirco Mueller and a fifth rounder back from San Jose. Originally the 18th overall pick in the 2013 draft, Mueller underperformed relative to that draft position with the Sharks. In 3 seasons with the team that drafted him, he only had 54 NHL games and six total points. And he played fewer and fewer games each year, culminating in only four NHL games in 2016-17. This tells us that the San Jose coaching staff felt that he was regressing as he was getting older, not the other way around as it should have been.
Mirco Mueller Has Upped His Game
