[Rumor] Peter Mueller to take another crack at it

[Dobber]

http://www.sportsnet.ca/hockey/nhl/3...ponds-critics/

1. One other player Oates may work with is Peter Mueller, who is pursuing an NHL comeback for next season. Mueller, who played 297 games with Phoenix, Colorado and Florida, spent the last three years in Europe after concussions derailed his North American career. “He’s been haunted by that injury,” agent Darryl Wolski said Monday. “When we first mentioned his name, the response was, ‘Doesn’t he have concussion issues?’” Wolski says that’s no longer the case. How much interest is there? “The word I’d use is there’s a curiosity about him. It might take time, but we’ll be patient and see how it plays out.” Mueller will be 28 in two weeks, a prime age to give it a shot.

Oates is working with players on upgrading certain weakness related to a fixable skill (faceoffs, board work, timing, etc)

Can Mueller get back to how he was before concussions made him a little more timid?

[ericdaoust]

[CascadeFilly]

I'd love to see him make a successful come back. Best of luck to him.

I wonder who else Oates is working with. I know Scheifele is one of them.

[butch]

garth snow loves his dumpster diving bargains .

[ericdaoust]

I bet an expansion team would love this guy.

[Dobber]

garth snow loves his dumpster diving bargains .

Exactly

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I bet an expansion team would love this guy.

Also exactly!

[Bass56]

I don't see him becoming anything more than a 3rd liner but if he's able to make that comeback, that's simply amazing considering his history with concussions and him missing considerable playing time to better his game.
All the best to him!

[JagrBomb]

i still remember that epic world junior shootout in 2007, CAN vs USA. what a crazy pair of lineups. how many of those players went on to become stars? toews, price, kane, letang...there were even a bunch of great players like JVR, okposo, little etc.

just put yourself in Mueller's shoes...he showed all the signs in becoming a star and ends up a bust. at the time he was ranked ahead of many of his teammates who now have earned millions of dollars.

[Zorro]

I could also see a KHL team being his destination!!

[agentzero]

I absolutely will not, but I will watch with interest. Wonder if Russ (Comish) has him for the Masterton next year? :P

[RizzeeDizzee]

Interesting choice of words in the thread title - crack, as in skull.....

[ShawneePanthers]

Low risk acquisition. I don't think many teams will be clamoring and posturing for him.

[iwinthings]

I did some digging but couldn't find anything on it, but I thought Mueller also had some motivational issues regarding the sport. Other interests etc. I could be thinking of someone else though.