I wasn't surprised to see Mangiapane be one of the players sit in the third as he was having a rough game. He was somewhat responsible for the first goal against where he gave away the puck preventing a line change by the Flames and the Canucks poured it on, forcing the Flames to ice the puck to relieve the pressure. They gave up the goal on the ensuing face-off with tired Flames players running around in their own zone.
Put together with him not getting anything done offensively, he was pretty deserving of the benching in the third. Maybe it's time for him to move down to the 4th line? Ruzicka or Dube up to the Lindholm line to see if that would work?
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