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youve no clue what an important peice a big and rugged sniping winger is . or what a great line larkin , bertuzzi , mantha are . mantha , larkin , bertuzzi , hronek , seider , zadina , veleno are the new core thats built off of not traded away .
right.
He's such a big of all the great things happening in Detroit.
I don't really want to get into a spot where I'm ripping Mantha in a thread where were talking about his value - but so far we know this about Mantha:
1) Undeniable sniper.
2) As "big and rugged" as he is, seems injury prone.
3) Always seems to have a reason to come up short (injuries, floating, whatever)
Mantha's got a real interesting contract coming up. Stevie almost certainly has to overpay him, or risk a short contract, watching Mantha blow up for one season and then flee as a UFA. f***, Mantha might do that whether he blows up or not.
He might never have more trade value than right now.
That's why you trade him.
But go ahead. Be a genius. Talk about trying to get value for AA while his value is at his lowest.
Trade Mantha this year. Resurrect AA's value and trade him next year.