Mangiapane's two-way game really improved as the season went on. He became a much more complete player and I am not worried at all about the AAV for this contract. It would have been nice to be a year or 2 longer actually.
I do think that he had a lot of luck early in the season and his 35 goal total was inflated, but with more ice-time and PP time next season, I wouldn't be shocked to see him get that again.
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