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Originally Posted by BigRed
Mangiapane isn’t on the open market. He’s an RFA. Consider Troy Terry, who is the only other player in the league to score 30 this year with no #1 P time:
https://twitter.com/RingOfFireCGY/st...Mv_RTNCYqGFbXQ
4.35 for 3 years. That’s the bar. Or we could splurge and pay him 4.85, double his current deal. But we shouldn’t have to.
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Mang would take a 1 year deal and walk straight to UFA with an offer like that.
Mangiapane is going to score 35-40 goals this year while playing a top-tier 200 foot game. If the Flames won’t pay him what he’s worth ($6-$8M on a longer term deal), someone else will 1 year from now.
It’s okay to pay for good players, it’s what good teams do. Everything Mangiapane has done has shown he’s worth investing in long term.
I’m 100% in the camp that if you can sign Mang for 8 years at $7M you do it. He’s worth it, and that deal will look amazing for all 8 years.