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Originally Posted by Lanny_McDonald
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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Why do you believe he isn’t a play driver?
I know you don’t believe in stats, but Mang’s are quite impressive.
In Goals per 60 minutes played, Mangiapane has 1.628/60 Mins. That’s good for 21st in the league.
Mangiapane’s stats read like a guy who just needs to be elevated. If you were to look at someone who seems to be ready to take “that next step”, Mangiapane is that guy. He likely believes so as well, so I don’t believe he’s taking a long term deal without being paid for that potential. I also believe that if we pay for that potential, the deal will end up looking very good for the Flames. I think Mangiapane at like $6-$7M will end up looking as good as Lindholm does at his current rate (thanks to inflation/raising cap in coming years).
He’s also home grown. Keep in mind players like Hyman and Coleman got $5.5M and $4.9M long term and Mangiapane is better than both guys (and yes, Mang is better than both guys).