Rookie defenceman Luke Mittelstadt provides early-season liftoff for Laval Rocket

Deep down, Luke Mittelstadt probably realizes that all this doesn’t make sense.

How can this? rookie Laval Rocket defensemanwho had never had more than 21 points in a season suddenly turned into the second coming of Bobby Orr.

With four goals and nine assists in six games, Mittelstadt leads the AHL. While he is unlikely to sit atop the perch in April, perhaps even later this week, he must feel that every shot he takes, every pass he makes to his teammates, is designed to create a goal.