03-02-2020, 04:48 PM
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Acerbic Cyberbully
Join Date: Aug 2003
Location: back in Chilliwack
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I like Andrew Mangiapane
It feels like Mangiapane more than deserves his own "I like" tribute. (Although I see that virtually all the others have fallen off of the first several pages.)
On Sunday's game, Cassie Campbell commented about how good Mangiapane and his line have been playing in recent games, and she openly made a comparison between how he plays the game with Bad Marchand—not the cheap-shotting, trash-talking, face-licking, finger-biting Marchand; rather, the top-line scoring winger.
So, how great would that be?
Marchand has been such a good player for such a long time that I think it is easy to forget where he came from. He was Boston's third-round pick in 2006 @ #71 overall. Marchand is 5'9" and 181 lbs, and when you watch how he skates and competes, the comparison that Campbell drew from him to Mangiapane becomes fairly obvious: both are stocky, strong, tenacious players who never quit moving.
Brad Marchand began his professional career in 2008–09, and played a full season in Providence. He posted 18 G and 51 Pts in 79 games as a 20-year-old rookie.
Marchand began his NHL career the following year, splitting his time between Boston and Providence, but scoring only a single assist in his first 20 NHL games. He scored 32 Pts in 34 games in the AHL that year—the last of his minor-league career.
Marchand became a NHL regular in 2010, and in his first full season at the age of 22-years-old he scored 21 G and 44 Pts in 77 games. For the next four years Marchand was a solid but unspectacular second-line player, averaging 23 G and 45 Pts before breaking out in his 27-year-old season as a top-line player. Since then, he has become a fixture for +85 points on one of the best lines in hockey.
So, how about Andrew Mangiapane?
Well, the Flames didn't nab him until the sixth round in 2015, 166th overall. Mangiapane is 5'10", 184 lbs, and—like Marchand—when he broke into the NHL, he plays a tenacious, hard-forechecking puck-pursuit game, and he never stops skating.
Mangiapane began his professional career when he was 20-years-old in 2016, and scored 20 G and 41 Pts in 66 AHL games. In 2017–18 he played his second season in the AHL, and scored an impressive 21 G, 46 Pts in 39 games. He started his NHL career in 2018, but failed to make any discernible impression in his first ten games with the Flames, but he then followed that up by scorching the he AHL at the start of 2018 with 9 G and 17 Pts in 15 games. It was good enough to earn him a callup in his 22-year old season, and he managed to score 8 G and 13 Pts down the stretch last year in Calgary.
This year, Mangiapane is 23-years-old and is scoring at nearly 0.5 pts/GP: 17 G and 29 Pts in 65 games. However, since the ASG he has scored 9 G, 14 Pts in 17 GP. He is fearless and tough, he moves well, he sees the ice really well, and he has a nose for the net. He sure looks like he could one day become a player in the same mould as Marchand, but without the ######-baggery for which he is most famous.
Will it happen? Who knows.
Could it happen? I see no reason why not.
I like Andrew Mangiapane.
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03-02-2020, 04:55 PM
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#2
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Mar 2012
Location: Calgary
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I love Mangiapane, I love his work ethic.
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03-02-2020, 04:56 PM
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#3
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First round-bust
Join Date: Feb 2015
Location: speculating about AHL players
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Best 88 in NHL history tbh
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03-02-2020, 04:59 PM
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#4
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Mar 2009
Location: The Bay Area
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Mangiapane moving to the next level this season has been one of the few bright spots. Already found money, if he continues to progress it's like winning the lottery.
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03-02-2020, 05:03 PM
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#5
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Lifetime Suspension
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Quote:
Originally Posted by TheScorpion
Best 88 in NHL history tbh
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Jarome Iginla > Andrew Mangiapane
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03-02-2020, 05:04 PM
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#6
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Lifetime Suspension
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: The Void between Darkness and Light
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Click the link in my signature!
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03-02-2020, 05:05 PM
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#7
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Scoring Winger
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Yep been a real nice surprise this year 😊. Dube could learn a thing or two. I just don’t get the luv for him
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03-02-2020, 05:11 PM
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First Line Centre
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5'10", 184 lbs eh? I think those are pretty generous to the upside stats. He looks not much bigger to me than JG on the ice, though plays much bigger for sure.
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03-02-2020, 05:13 PM
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#9
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Feb 2012
Location: Phoenix, AZ
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If I could employ 12 Mangiapane's at forward I would. Dude's got heart.
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03-02-2020, 05:16 PM
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#10
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Mar 2012
Location: Calgary
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Quote:
Originally Posted by TheScorpion
Best 88 in NHL history tbh
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Rando
Jarome Iginla > Andrew Mangiapane
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I'm sorry, when did Jarome Iginla wears #88?
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03-02-2020, 05:20 PM
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#11
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Lifetime Suspension
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Quote:
Originally Posted by getoverit
Yep been a real nice surprise this year ��. Dube could learn a thing or two. I just don’t get the luv for him
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Dube has less seasoning. Not as far along the developmental curve. Next year for Dube will be a fairer comparison to this year for Bread.
But yes, he absolutely could take after Andrew's tenacity at this level.
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03-02-2020, 05:23 PM
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#12
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Draft Pick
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Quote:
Originally Posted by midniteowl
I'm sorry, when did Jarome Iginla wears #88?
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Pretty sure he wore 88 in LA...and those were not his best years...
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03-02-2020, 05:25 PM
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Mar 2012
Location: Calgary
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Quote:
Originally Posted by hjerk
Pretty sure he wore 88 in LA...and those were not his best years...
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Thank you, I honestly didn't know he wore 88 in LA. As soon as he signed with LA, I forgot about him.
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03-02-2020, 05:35 PM
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#14
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Oct 2014
Location: Springbank
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Kane and Lindros - bums ammirite?
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03-02-2020, 05:40 PM
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#15
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First Line Centre
Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: Kelowna, B.C.
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Quote:
Originally Posted by midniteowl
Thank you, I honestly didn't know he wore 88 in LA. As soon as he signed with LA, I forgot about him.
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He was traded there...
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03-02-2020, 05:44 PM
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#16
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Mar 2012
Location: Calgary
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Red_Baron
He was traded there...
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Oh...my memory is really bad.... Who traded him to LA, the Pens?
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03-02-2020, 05:44 PM
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#17
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#1 Goaltender
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Mangiapane has been great since he stopped falling over every shift.
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03-02-2020, 05:45 PM
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#18
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Not a casual user
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: A simple man leading a complicated life....
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I see a bright future for Mangipane. His work ethics and drive impress me, plus his willingness to got the dirty areas. I can see him bulking up and becoming a power forward someday.
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03-02-2020, 05:46 PM
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#19
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Lifetime Suspension
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Quote:
Originally Posted by midniteowl
Oh...my memory is really bad.... Who traded him to LA, the Pens?
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Colorado.
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03-02-2020, 05:58 PM
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#20
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Franchise Player
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I'd be fine if Bread became Marchand, including the rat antics
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