Mangiapane was expected to be one of the scoring leaders in the OHL this year - some had him as THE scoring leader. It is nice to see him meeting those expectations thus far. Difficult to tell how these smaller players transition - most fail, but there are more and more guys like Gaudreau, Gallagher, Atkinson, etc., than I ever remember.
However, Magiapane was really expected to be in the scoring race this upcoming season. This isn't really a surprise (and this is 100% a positive thing, not a negative thing - if it was a 'surprise', we may say it is a fluke - he was expected to because he is a talented player in the OHL). Flames are just the team that decided they would like to take a flier on the kid late in the draft.
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