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Originally Posted by ComixZone
He doesn’t use his teammates well because his teammates are not good offensively. This team lacks talent in their lineup, and Mangiapane is producing while playing on a line effectively by himself…and you use that as a point against him?
At some point this team needs more than a few good hockey players, no? If they want to be a good team but won’t spend money on good players…then what are they doing? If they go to free agency to replace Mangiapane who left via free agency, they aren’t going to get a better player than Mangiapane. Our free history shows that.
If you’re arguing the Flames shouldn’t commit long term money to Mangiapane because they’re going to suck on purpose, well that makes sense - otherwise, if the plan is to improve the team, the team needs to keep its good players and add to them.
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Yeah Mangiapane ranks the following among the team forwards at 5v5
Corsi For: 58.1% (2nd - Tkachuk)
xGF: 58.3% (2nd - Tkachuk)
On Ice Shooting Percentage: 6.61%
Shots: 58 (5th)
Goals: 10 (2nd - Gaudreau)
Individual xG: 7.01 (3rd - Tkachuk, Coleman)
Assists: 2 (10th)
The Flames have taken 242 shots with Mangiapane on the ice, they have scored 16 goals....he has scored 10 of those himself on 58 shots.
Meaning his linemates have shot 3.26% with him on the ice...that is a ridiculously low percentage and his assist would be much higher if his linemates had any finish.
This team should really be rolling with:
Gaudreau-Lindholm-Tkachuk: 60.8% xGF
Mangiapane-Backlund-Coleman :66.3% xGF
As a legitimately strong top 6 that can generate chances and both lines play a strong 200ft game.
Problem is they can't do that because Monahan, Dube, Lucic, Lewis, Richardson, Ritchie, Pitlick would be a pretty ugly bottom 6, no matter how you deploy them.
IMO the goal heading into the playoffs should be to let those two lines stay together and continue to dominate when on the ice together. While trying to rebuild a serviceable bottom 6 , replacing at least 2 of the guys listed above.