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Originally Posted by Lanny McDonald
Mangiapane is more like St. Louis than Gaudreau. He's a mucker and will go to the dirty areas. He still needs to improve his lower body strength, or put blades on his knees, but he's really surprising and earning his keep on the top lines. I think they can survive with a "small guy" like Mangiapane up there with Gaudreau. Just keep them separated.
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Yeah, I agree with you that the better comparison for Mangiapane is a guy like St. Louis as they're both muckers who have zero issues battling in the corners and probably come out ahead in those 50/50 battles more often than not. I actually also don't think it would be that bad with him and Johnny on the same line as he has the talent to play with a skilled guy like Johnny and they'll gravitate to different areas of the ice naturally. And while Mangiapane isn't the biggest of guys, he plays like he is, so it doesn't matter.