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Originally Posted by SuperMatt18
Not at all. PP is dependent on opportunity, at 5V5 Mangiapane has been our best producing Forward over the last two seasons.
At 5V5 here is Mangiapane's rank over the last two seasons:
TOI: 1561 (6th, 92nd in the NHL)
Goals: 28 (T-1st, T-24th in the NHL)
Assists: 25 (5th)
Primary Assists: 22 (2nd)
Second Assists: 3 (17th)
Points: 53 (4th - Tkachuk is 1st with 56)
Primary Points: 50 (1st, 28th in the NHL)
So yeah he's been the top player on this team at 5v5 the last two seasons. If not for abnormally low second assists he'd be leading the team in 5v5 points (His 3 secondary assists are the lowest of any player with over 50 5v5 points the last 2 seasons. Nordstrom has 4 and he's only been here this season).
He's earned more top unit PP time and hasn't received it. Part of that is you aren't taking Gaudreau or Monahan off that unit, but I think you could argue him over Monahan or Lindholm at this point. He's a top 50 producer in the NHL at 5v5, but he ranks 226th in PP time among NHL forwards over the last two seasons (136 minutes).
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Monahan was off the first unit since roughly the line change. But they put Backlund in his place I think.
Mangiapane did get some first unti time - about 15% of his power play usage was on the first unit.