Mangiapane had excellent production this year. He also had 5 goals in the four meaningless games against Vancouver which really helped his numbers.
This team really needs to figure out the top six and who will play where. I’m fine with offering him some term but we need a plan here. This team has proven that a top six of Lindholm, Gaudreau, Tkachuk, Monahan, Mangiapane and Backlund won’t win anything. Keeping Mangiapane is logical but paying him $6 million makes it that much harder to upgrade anywhere else.
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