What do you believe Andrew Mangiapane is? Is he the guy who filled the net in the first two months of last season, or is he a more hot-and-cold player we've seen for the majority of his career? He's not a play driver and is more of an opportunist who finds the holes his line mates make for him. I think you pay him on what you think he's going to be, which is a 20-25 goal, 40-50 point second line player. You probably top out at $5M and try to get as much term as you can get. I think the sweet spot is six years, but the big question there is do you believe Mangiapane will be a consistent threat for that long? If you can structure the deal where you aren't paying as much toward the end of the deal, stretch it out. Otherwise go shorter term deal because he'll only be as good as the line mates he's playing with.
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