I see where Mangiapane is coming from. He's 23 with 54 total NHL games played. He's far from a guarantee to even be an NHL regular, and a random injury could end an NHL player's career at any point. Mangiapane needs to squeeze as much out of this positive point in his career as possible. $200k could mean the difference between him having to take some mediocre job in 10 years or not.
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