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His career was riddled with injuries. We chose him over Hossa. We would never choose Mantha over prime Hossa....
Maybe.
If were up against the cap and could save a million.
Look, Frazen over Hossa... it was a bad decision at the time and history went out of its way to prove it.
But forget that.
You're comparing a 30-year old Franzen with Mantha, 25.
Mantha, through 225 games at the age of 25: 74-71-145. 3803 minutes.
Franzen, through 221 games at the age of 28: 49-35-84. 3348 minutes.
Now, Mantha has to take that next step - the way Franzen became a 30-goal man and beastmoded a couple playoff rounds.
But there are a lot of similarities.
As for Franzen being a Selke nominee. It was a function of his role early. He didn't receive any votes once he became a goal scorer - nor did he deserve them.
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