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Originally Posted by FlamesAddiction
He also looks like he is taking the next step to another level in his career. He is very noticeable most time he is on the ice. Much more of a catalyst for his line than Mangiapane is on his. How much should we expect Mangiapane to progress, compared to the progression Konecny is showing.
I would definitely have concerns trading futures at this point because if the Flames are going to compete in the future, we are going to need effective players on entry level deals. But as far as replacing Mangiapane with Konecny, that is an easy choice for me, if it were theoretically possible to do it without gutting our futures.
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He looked like that in 19/20 where he scored 61pts in 66 games but followed that up with 34pts in 50 games and 52pts in 79 games. So he goes from a 76pt pace and follows it up with 2 years where he is averaging a 54-56pt pace and now he is trending to a 101pt pace. Mangiapane was on a 50 goal pace early last year before he tailed off.
The Mangiapane+Coronato+1st deal is insane as the team is essentially gutting their limited futures and taking one of their more productive wingers and replacing him with someone better now but also inconsistent.
In my opinion he is the perfect target for this team to add but not at the expense of futures while also giving up a player we need to keep to help this team score. If this team had cap flexibility next year I would gladly move 2 of Zary, Pelletier, Coronato for him but I want to keep next years 1st. The team has no flexibility next year so I would rather keep the prospects and it just won’t work