Scouting Report: Marcel Mueller

Despite the belief that Brian Burke is anti-European, he once again signed a European free agent, this time forward Marcel Mueller from the Cologne Sharks of the German Elite League.  Though his bias in the Entry Draft is North American players, he will signed European free agents.

Mueller is 22 years old and 6'3", 220 lbs.   He appeared in 53 games with the Cologne Sharks of the German Elite League in 2009-10, registering the team-lead in game-winning goals (6), power-play goals (8), assists (32) and penalty minutes (122), while finishing second in goals (24), shorthanded goals (4) and points (56). In 198 games in the German Elite League with the Sharks and Berlin Polar Bears from 2005-06 to 2009-10, the winger recorded 43 goals and 61 assists for 104 points with 316 penalty minutes.

Mueller, a native of Berlin, represented his country at the 2010 Olympic Winter Games in Vancouver where he played four games and registered two assists and 12 penalty minutes. He also participated in the 2010 World Championships in Cologne, collecting one goal and one assist for two points

Mueller will begin the season with the Marlies but may jump quickly to the big team.  He has developed quite rapidly in the past 2 years which attracted a significant number of scouts.