{"id":86407,"date":"2020-10-16T13:20:58","date_gmt":"2020-10-16T17:20:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/?p=86407"},"modified":"2020-10-16T13:20:58","modified_gmt":"2020-10-16T17:20:58","slug":"andrew-mangiapane-re-signs-with-calgary-flames","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/2020\/10\/16\/andrew-mangiapane-re-signs-with-calgary-flames\/","title":{"rendered":"Andrew Mangiapane Re-Signs With Calgary Flames"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/category\/flames\/\" target=\"_self\">Calgary Flames<\/a> have re-signed forward <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/m\/mangian01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Andrew Mangiapane<\/a><\/strong>. The 24-year-old had a breakout 2019-20 and seems poised to help lead Calgary into 2020-21. The deal is for two-years with a $2.425M AAV per<a href=\"https:\/\/www.capfriendly.com\/players\/andrew-mangiapane\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> capfriendly.com<\/a>. The team announced the deal today.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">BREAD IS RISING!<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Flames?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#Flames<\/a> have signed Andrew Mangiapane to a two-year deal! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/AoE0MyMCyy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/t.co\/AoE0MyMCyy<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Calgary Flames (@NHLFlames) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NHLFlames\/status\/1317146606416715780?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">October 16, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2>Flames Sign Andrew Mangiapane<\/h2>\n<p>Mangiapane was a huge revelation for the Flames this season. He scored a career-best 17 goals and 32 points in 68 games. That was a vast improvement over 2018-19 when he scored eight goals and 13 points in 44 games. The former sixth-round pick improved in almost every aspect of his game and finished the regular season sixth on the team in scoring despite just averaging just 13:42 minutes per game. Mangiapane was also a key part of Calgary&#8217;s playoff effort with two goals and five points in the team&#8217;s 10 games before being eliminated.<\/p>\n<p>Mangiapane remained steady on possession stats with a 53.1 percent Corsi For this season. He posted a 54.6 Corsi For in 2018-19 so he was still quite good at helping control the puck despite a slight dip. The big improvements came in both shot attempts and how often the team shot with him on the ice. Mangiapane&#8217;s shots per game improved from 1.48 to 1.6. His Corsi For Relative jumped from 0.0 to 3.6, a huge spike in the number of shot attempts when he was actively skating. Those improvements will make him a bigger part of the offence when play begins next season.<\/p>\n<h3>What This Means for the Future<\/h3>\n<p>This contract is great for Mangiapane. He should have increased opportunities to play alongside Calgary&#8217;s other young star in <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/t\/tkachma01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Matthew Tkachuk<\/a><\/strong>. The team does not have the deepest pool of young talent, but Mangiapane and Tkachuk are certainly part of the Flames&#8217; next core of players.<\/p>\n<p>Calgary is far from done addressing its offseason needs. The team still has a handful of defenders to potentially re-sign unless it wants to completely rebuild part of the blue line for 2020-21. Productive veterans like <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/search\/search.fcgi?pid=gustaer02,gustaer01&amp;search=Erik+Gustafsson&amp;utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Erik Gustafsson<\/a><\/strong> or <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/b\/broditj01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">T.J. Brodie<\/a><\/strong> were free agents and will not return. <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/2020\/10\/12\/erik-gustafsson-signs-with-philadelphia-flyers\/\" target=\"_self\">Gustafsson signed<\/a> with the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/category\/flyers\/\" target=\"_self\">Philadelphia Flyers<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/2020\/10\/09\/t-j-brodie-signs-with-toronto-maple-leafs\/\" target=\"_self\">Brodie signed<\/a> with the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/category\/leafs\/\" target=\"_self\">Toronto Maple Leafs<\/a>. They also need to decide who will play in the net other than <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/r\/rittida01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">David Rittich<\/a><\/strong>. Expect many more moves from the Flames before the next season begins.<\/p>\n<p>Main Photo:<\/p>\n<p><a id=\"tHX6mrH0QZlGPSjQSsreug\" class=\"gie-single\" style=\"color: #a7a7a7; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal !important; border: none; display: inline-block;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/1204245336\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Embed from Getty Images<\/a><script>window.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:'tHX6mrH0QZlGPSjQSsreug',sig:'PlkhfTikMRB9a3Fua27wdHypa5kgIeyzOf27ZhuJFuE=',w:'594px',h:'415px',items:'1204245336',caption: true ,tld:'com',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Calgary Flames have re-signed forward Andrew Mangiapane. The 24-year-old had a breakout 2019-20 and seems poised to help lead Calgary into 2020-21. The deal is for two-years with a $2.425M AAV per capfriendly.com. The team announced the deal today. BREAD IS RISING! The #Flames have signed Andrew Mangiapane to a two-year deal! https:\/\/t.co\/AoE0MyMCyy \u2014 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3127,"featured_media":86427,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[22,4547,34,4548],"tags":[3576,103,662],"class_list":["post-86407","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-flames","category-hockey","category-news","category-nhl","tag-andrew-mangiapane","tag-calgary-flames","tag-nhl-free-agency"],"modified_by":"William Grigsby","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86407","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3127"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=86407"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86407\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/86427"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=86407"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=86407"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=86407"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}