After pay raise, Flames' Andrew Mangiapane working hard to build on stellar season

With the departures of both Johnny Gaudreau and Matthew Tkachuk, the Flames now need Mangiapane to be one of their go\u002Dto guys.

to a three-year deal with an annual tab of US$5.8 million — to be one of their go-to guys.

There were only two dozen dudes across the NHL who tickled more twine than Mangiapane in 2021-22 — a list of proven lamp-lighters that includes the likes of Matthews and McDavid, Ovechkin and Stamkos and, of course, Gaudreau and Tkachuk. “I still feel like there is a lot more opportunity for me to grow. I feel like last year, I was still learning and still understanding the game and little things on the ice, things you should and shouldn’t do. Hopefully this year, there will be more opportunity for me to earn more ice and maybe earn more power-play time and little things like that, and that will help take my game to the next level.

While Darryl Sutter likes to spread around the minutes, it would be a stunner if he doesn’t see a bump in ice time after averaging 15:44 per night last winter.

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