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Originally Posted by Crown Royal
Lots of players score a ton in the AHL
I'm not making a conclusion, I am saying that increases the risk that he might not be the player we think and thus I wouldn't give him a long term contract yet. I have no problem with gambling on Andersson, if Valimaki has a strong year, I'd be willing to gamble on him too. Mangiapane has enough flaws in his game and doesn't project to be a star, so I wouldn't take the risk, that's how you get a Viktor Rask contract
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I think Mangiapane was scoring alright in a 4th line role before Backlund. In addition his line was pushing play and had amazing advanced stats over the last two seasons. Also, if I am not mistaken most of Mangiapane's offense came at 5 on 5 which was a huge bonus for the team. I think he can be even more of a factor with an increased roll and more PP time.