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Originally Posted by Philly06Cup
Weird that people are afraid he won't live up to this contract.
Scoring goals in the NHL is hard. Mangiapane has shown he can do that. Moreover, he did it with very little PP1 time. He did it without playing with any of the Flames' 3 top superstars. He's also defensively capable in his own end. Give him better linemates, and who knows what his ceiling is.
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This contract is fine in terms of living up to it, won't find much argument there. It's that some wanted longer term, but it likely would have cost in the high 6's to 7's to get it done and then yeah, there is danger he won't live up to it over the years.
I'm happy with this for Mangianpane as we were paying him based on what is likely his best or close to best seasons. I wanted 3-5 years for Kylington as that's where I believe we stand to lose by going super short and walking him to UFA.
Kylington was someone that I would have loved at $3.5AAV on 4-5 years. I feel we'll be staring down a $6-$7+AAV contract PLUS the ability for him to walk and test free agency in two years. Not the end of the world, but if I was choosing, I would have gone Mangi short, Kylington long. Mangi would be hard pressed to beat what he's done significantly, Kylington I believe will beat what he's done significantly, so two years and a walk to UFA is an ugly pill to swallow from my projection of him.