Meh, I'm not all that concerned with Mangiapane's potential holdout. If him and his agent are smart, they'd realize he's got a lot more to lose than the flames if he goes unsigned for a period of time here.
He's a bottom 6 player as of now. If he doesn't report to camp or misses part of the season, flames absolutely have to put a body there instead, and what if that body actually does well? What if Mangiapane has the usual struggles a player has should he miss training camp and now his roster spot goes into question.
It's cute for his group to be fighting the good fight here, but the flames frankly have a lot more leverage right now than he does. If he's willing to lose training camp time and the ability to fight for his spot on the roster (ie. why can't he be challenging for that 2nd line RW opening as an example) then perhaps he needs to be getting some better guidance from his representation.
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