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Originally Posted by Enoch Root
He has had success on ONE line, for a finite period of time (25 games).
Every line gets hot for a while, and Backlund's line was on fire during that time. Can Mangiapane take some of the credit for that? Of course. But assuming they will continue that level of paly is beyond wishful thinking.
And the people that are extrapolating his success from those stats are making the same mistake that cherry-pickers make - there aren't enough different situations to make it valid and trustworthy.
Reinhart (who I am not a huge fan of) has YEARS of consistent data with multiple line-mates - projecting his play can be done with a fair bit of confidence.
Comparing one guy's hot streak against another guy who has beter stats than that EVERY year, makes no sense.
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Not exactly.
The 25 games were with Backlund AND Tkachuk.
It's more than half a season with Tkachuk and one of Backlund or Lindholm.
Eight of the nine forwards that had the most ice time with Mangiapane had higher numbers with him (xgF%) than without. The exception is Toby Rieder.
The previous year? Same things. Eight of the top nine most frequent linemates had a positive impact with Mangiapane. Alan Quine was number nine.
This is a pretty consistent performance, for a very short career to date.