03-14-2024, 12:45 PM
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#41
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Oct 2014
Location: Springbank
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Mangiapane always looks like he's skating hard. He just has had no finish this year. That breakaway goal he had shows he still can do it though.
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03-14-2024, 12:47 PM
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#42
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Lifetime Suspension
Join Date: Dec 2022
Location: Park Ave SW
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Glad they are playing Wolfie. Nice to watch "highly touted" prospects.
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03-14-2024, 12:49 PM
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#43
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Franchise Player
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Hopefully Wolf doesn't get demolished by the defence
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03-14-2024, 01:25 PM
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#44
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Legs feed the Wolf!
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03-14-2024, 01:26 PM
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#45
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Oct 2021
Location: Richmond upon Thames, London
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Quote:
Originally Posted by memphusk
Legs feed the Wolf!
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Who's legs are we feeding him?
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03-14-2024, 01:28 PM
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#46
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First Line Centre
Join Date: Apr 2015
Location: Vancouver, BC
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Funkhouser
I don't think Mangiapane is underappreciated here, in general the fan base loves him! He always works hard, he scores clutch goals and has been a playoff performer.
But he is a bit redundant due to our depth on wing, and is slightly overpaid - for that I don't see him staying long.
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I would say Mangiapane is the opposite of clutch. He seems to score our goals in blowout losses after the game is out of reach (like a 6-2 loss) or a 4th goal in a (4-1 win).
For several seasons, he is deployed at the start of the season off of the Backlund line in hopes that he will show some top-6 offense on his own; we see the effort is there (remember Mangiapane-Kadri-Dube?) but by mid-season, he will be back on Backlund's wing and that's where pucks start going in for him.
He may be at 13 goals now, but I fully expect his goal scoring pace will pick up over the remaining games now that it doesn't matter. I wouldn't be surprised if he ends this season with 17 to 20 goals.
He is the latest in a long line of Flames players who have benefitted from the Backlund effect. I've always felt we should have traded him in the off-season after his 36-goal season before signing him to a $5.8M AAV contract. Despite this, based on his performance prior to that season, I anticipated the contract would deliver good value for the first 2 years if he hit at least 20 goals, and it hasn't.
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03-14-2024, 01:57 PM
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#47
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Owner
Join Date: Dec 2001
Location: Calgary
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I get Mangiapane disappointment vs his contract.
I get Mangiapane disappointment vs his breakout goal scoring season.
But the level of disdain for a play driving five on five player is remarkable to me.
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03-14-2024, 02:03 PM
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#48
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Oct 2021
Location: Richmond upon Thames, London
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I'm cheering for Vegas to line up the Oilers in round 1.
I'm also cheering for Wolf, Sharky, and our new guys to do well.
Maybe both areas can be checked off in a 3-2 SO loss?
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03-14-2024, 03:10 PM
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#49
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Join Date: Dec 2010
Location: Cleveland, OH (Grew up in Calgary)
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I hope Noah gets booed
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03-14-2024, 03:21 PM
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#50
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Could Care Less
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Preparing for more pain
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03-14-2024, 04:08 PM
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#51
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First Line Centre
Join Date: Mar 2003
Location: Iggy-ville
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Quote:
Originally Posted by sureLoss
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Looks like the lineup for a preseason game.
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03-14-2024, 05:54 PM
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#52
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Oct 2021
Location: Richmond upon Thames, London
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Quote:
Originally Posted by nieuwy-89
Looks like the lineup for a preseason game.
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Pre-season goes all season now.
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03-14-2024, 05:57 PM
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#53
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Franchise Player
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Quote:
Originally Posted by nieuwy-89
Looks like the lineup for a preseason game.
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The pre-season for 24/25 has started for the Flames.
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03-14-2024, 05:59 PM
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#54
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Mar 2002
Location: Auckland, NZ
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Quote:
Originally Posted by D as in David
The pre-season for 24/25 has started for the Flames.
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Only one change to that - you can add C. Tanev to that lineup in the future. I just have a strange feeling he ends up back here. 
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03-14-2024, 06:06 PM
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#55
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Dec 2011
Location: Calgary
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Wolf needs to adjust to the NHL game and the only way to do that is to face NHL caliber shooters.
Even if he gets lit up we need to remember he’s young. The AHL and NHL are different beasts. Let’s not overreact one way or the other tonight.
Let him work through the pain and figure out the NHL game. I hope the Flames are patient with him and give him a shot to develop here. He’s earned it.
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03-14-2024, 07:22 PM
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#57
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Franchise Player
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Originally Posted by sureLoss
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That is a shooting for the bottom 5 lineup if I ever saw one.
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03-14-2024, 07:29 PM
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#58
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Franchise Player
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Paulie Walnuts
I think once Colorado got the 4th Vladar gave up. I don't blame him as he kept us in the game for a bit, but we got beat down.
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Bet he’ll be the next guy asking for a trade.
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03-14-2024, 07:54 PM
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#59
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Oct 2014
Location: Springbank
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Greer and Zary not quite ready to go.
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03-14-2024, 08:08 PM
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#60
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Franchise Player
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What was Marchessault doing there? That was weird
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