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Originally Posted by Itse
Tkachuk scored 61 points last season and has 3 goals and 2 assists in 15 playff games.
If he evens out to 60 point player instead of an 80 point player, which at this point seems like a very realistic possibility, we'll be quite happy in 2022 that Tkachuk isn't getting paid like he can score a point per game.
See above. I think there's a good chance the increase isn't going to be what it looked like in 2019.
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Despite a team-wide down season, Tkachuk still followed up his 78-point season with a season in which he led the team in scoring and was on pace for 72 points despite facing the toughest competition every night.
Betting on him to be a 60 point player is quite the interesting, likely bad bet.
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Originally Posted by Itse
Huge maybe. His current season record is 32 points and less than 0.5 PPG. Throwing either term or money at guys this early in their NHL careers is a bad idea.
The reason Mangiapane looks so good is because his tenacity stands out among our top 6. This is not a knock on Mangiapane, but I feel like people have been kind of blinded by relatively low expectations and the contrast which doesn't flatter most of our other guys.
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The reason Mangiapane looks so good is because he is so good. His rates put him among the very elite 2nd liners in the NHL already and he's likely to get better.
Even at his current 5v5 production, his contract is an absolute steal.