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Originally Posted by SuperMatt18
I get that Mangiapane's production hasn't been amazing but I don't get why he's become the fan base's whipping boy.
22 5v5 points still sits third on the team, underlying stats are still good, his contract isn't great value at $5.8M but it's still tradeable for sure with only a year left after this one.
His biggest fault seems to be he didn't become the top line forward that we all hoped he could become...but that doesn't mean he's useless.
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Is Mangi uselss? No, he's a pretty good middle 6 player whose likely paid a little to much. Good plaher with good hustle.
Mangi is, however, likely their most expendable forward with how many young wingers the team has that project to be middle 6. He also most effective on the Backlund line, where you can practically slap anyone and get production out of. At some point the team will want to bring in Coronato, also Pelltier will earn top 9 ice time when he stays healthy.
Ive been on this for a while but with the amount of D the Flames are about to ship out, flipping Mangi out for a D with comparable term and $$$ makes a lot of sense.
Not because Mangi is a bad player. Because Mangi is becoming redundant on this roster.