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Forum: Armchair-GMThu. at 10:00 a.m.
Thread: Duclair is going to be a Flame
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>tm0000</b></div><div>A 2nd for one year of discounted Mangiapane seems fair. I'd probably do that trade. He'll likely never score 30+ again, but I could see him getting 25 or so as the third wheel on a line with Horvat &amp; Barzal</div></div>

I think he's going to be great for his next team. That said, the writing is on the wall, he's a guy that could definitely use a change of scenery, and we could use a winger spot open on the Backlund line for a younger forward. Mangiapane brings a lot of good things that coaches love. He often wins puck battles in the corners, he goes towards the net, he usually brings the puck up the ice while playing an up-tempo defensively sound game, and he can score.

Unfortunately, he just seemed less engaged last year. He didn't go to the tough areas as much as in previous years, and he wasn't as annoying to play against, or as engaged after the whistles. I'm pretty sure he's going to be clutch in his contract year.
Forum: Armchair-GMThu. at 8:39 a.m.
Thread: Duclair is going to be a Flame
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>FlyOrDie20</b></div><div>Flyers decline. It’s a good trade, with fair value, but it’s just one of those things where it wouldn’t be in the best interest of the Flyers to trade York away. We haven’t had a solid 1rst line d-man since Chris Pronger.</div></div>

That's fair. I just think that the Flames will be looking for a Hanifin replacement in the off-season. That could come either in free-agency by potentially overpaying for a partner for Andersson, or by leveraging some of the assets we got along with Sharangovich/Kuzmenko for a younger D-men.

PS: York is going to be great for you guys, I've been a fan for the last couple of years. I can't wait for PHI to start making some noise in the playoffs again.