Really like the feistiness with which Mangiapane plays and I think he has a legitimate shot at the NHL (but no, not this year).
As for where he ranks against those other guys, I agree with the posters that suggested that we need to see him at the next level before he can move ahead of them. Each step is difficult, and until a guy actually takes it, you can't be sure.
Jankowski (because, big C) > Shinkaruk = Poirier
Mangiapane has the potential to jump into that group in some capacity, but hard to put him ahead of any of those guys until he proves it in Stockton.
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