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Originally Posted by Vinny01
I think what has happened here is there are some who are on one extreme calling him an elite player using advanced stats to show he could be worth first liner money and term.
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Honestly I think this is a bit where the discrepancy lies though.
$6M really is barely 1st liner money anymore. I swear people still look at $6M as being elite top line player money like it was when Iggy came out of the lockout, or as top line player just 6 years ago when Johnny/Mony signed, but that's not the case. True elite top line players are getting $8M+ now.
29 forwards made over $8M last year
79 forwards made over $6M last year.
104 forwards made over $5.5M last year.
121 forwards made over $5M last year.
$5-5.5M is kind of second line money right now.
I'd agree that Scorp was on the high end for sure at $6M x 6. It's not that I don't think Mangiapane couldn't live up to that deal, but you shouldn't HAVE to play him that much for what he's shown so far.
But if you could get Mangiapane to a long term deal around $5M then it's fair value for what he already brings, and could be great value if he continues to develop in a bigger role with more 5v5 and special teams time.