I see Mangiapane as a Frolik type, and that's not an insult. Generally useful, you can plug him into the top six and not get hurt, and sometimes he will go on a heater and look like a really good scorer, but never a 20+ goal guy. Frolik tended to get goals in bunches (and sometimes his puck luck was amazing). Frolik was in the top six here most of the time but that was because of the roster, not because of who Frolik is.
All that said, I don't really think much of the narrative that he gets knocked down a lot. He's a smaller guy who plays in tough areas. He's gonna be on the ice a fair bit. I suppose, in time, he's going to have more strength and those battles will even out some, but I'm just not fussed about it. Lots of times he takes a check to make a play.
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