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Originally Posted by Freddy
After watching last season I’m shocked to see so many projected lineups with Toffoli over Mangiapane for 1st line duty. Toffoli was SLOW and inconsistent, while Mangiapane continues to get better with every promotion in his role.
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I can think of several good reasons.
Toffoli is a RW and Mangiapane is a LW.
The Mangiapane-Backlund-Coleman line was very effective when it was together.
Mangiapane proved he can create his own offense scoring 35 goals with 2nd line minutes and mid linemates, while Toffoli struggled to produce