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Originally Posted by Erick Estrada
This is just wrong. Everyone here watches Mangiapane just as much as you. Some of us are simply trying to be realistic and not homers. One 25 year old player has eclipsed 20 goals in 5/6 NHL seasons and the other 25 year old player has never eclipsed 20 goals in the NHL.
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Unfortunately, it is not even in the slightest wrong.
No matter how incredibly well Mangiapane plays (Flames' best forward 5v5 this past season), there's always a good portion of Flames fans that don't think of him as anything more than a 3rd line forward and happily use him as a throw-in in trade proposals.
Mangiapane dominates both offensively AND defensively.
Doesn't get anywhere close to the amount of recognition and respect that he deserves from this fanbase.