Rejoint: sept. 2020
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Will try to post all my Mantha thoughts in one place:
1) Mantha is not as bad as people say he is -- good underlyings, sixth on team in points while getting third line minutes
2) Mantha is also not as good as people say he is -- even his best two years in detroit where he was getting top line minutes and PP time he was only on pace for 60-70 points
2.1) Please please please whenever you are talking about a player's usage, and want to claim that a coach should be using them differently, be specific about who's minutes they should be taking. If Mantha should be getting powerplay time in DC, who's spot is he taking on the first or second unit? What winger should he replace in the top 6? Hate opening up this can of worms but who was McMichael taking top 6 minutes from? Vrana? Burakovsky?
3) He is a perfectly fine 6th or 7th forward, which means he is a little overpaid on his current deal
4) He has not been playing well the past ~10 games
5) Milano, Sheary, and MoJo have been playing very well the past ~10 games
6) Eller has had some horrible mistakes but generally has been fine this year, and unlike any of the other guys kills penalties regularly
7) One of the 5 of them had to come out of the lineup
8) There clearly is something Mantha is doing or not doing that Lav wants to change and feels he needs to send a message to do so
9) Mantha then becomes the guy to scratch
10) I very much doubt this will be a long term thing