He's been skating really well. Moving his feet. Breaking the zone with the puck, all that sort of thing. He's still too passive, though. He gives the puck to his linemates too often. I think he usually wants them to give it right back, but that rarely happens. It sort of sounds like an excuse, but Mantha has spent the majority of his AHL time with players who aren't, ahem, the most avid passers. and I think you can see the difference it makes, because every time Mantha gets demoted to the 4th line, he's actually
better. He's the go-to guy on that line, and he looks really good. and then they bring him back with Athanasiou, and he never sees the puck, and we wonder what's wrong with him. UNTIL THE NEXT TIME!
But he's still not getting much icetime, so it's no big surprise that he's invisible. After all, you can't see him on the ice!