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Originally Posted by TheIronMaiden
I have to agree. This year isn't his year. 10 games without a point is enough evidence of that.
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Not especially.
He might have been rough in some games, but his most recent game was strong and getting that first point can be a big hurdle. Jankowski took eight games to score a point and had a far better linemate in Bennett than the Brouwers and Stajans Mangiapane was usually playing with. Bennett took fifteen games before he scored a point this year. Jankowski had another seven game pointless streak. Jankowski had another eleven game pointless streak. Lazar had nine, eight, and eleven game pointless streaks. Frolik, playing with Tkachuk, had a six game pointless streak.
For bottom six guys not on a power play, in a system like hours that is anti-scoring, points tend to come in bunches, and Mangiapane just needs to see that first one go in.