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Mantha's new nickname is the mailman. He got his contract, now he just mails it in.

Because clearly that was the final straw in a pattern of s***ty behaviour and not just a one off thing. TDA is cancer. That's why he is out of a job.

be glad that it wasn't Ken Holland that re-signed Mantha, he'd have a full NMC and it would've been 8 years!

He WOULD help their power play. But then again so would I.

I wish him the best. Clearly the best move for him as he sucked last year, but over the years he was definitely an underrated player.

Whew! Dodged a bullet on this one. I was advocating trading for DeAngelo a year ago. Now we don't even bother taking him for free. Definitely got that one wrong. It's easy to look as his points and like what you see. I certainly did. But it's pretty clear he's a problem. You don't typically see a team draft a 1st rounder and trade him two years later (after completely dominating) for a 2nd. Also, he's basically the Andreas Athanasiou of D-men. He was on the ice for FOUR goals against in one of his last NYR games. Teams target him because he's f*cking terrible at everything aside from the powerplay. Buyer beware.

He was a 1st round pick... it's not like Yzerman threw him a bone and drafted him with a 7th. The kid is obviously incredibly skilled. Tied for 4th in scoring among Dmen last year. These kind of players don't just grow on trees. The crimes against him seem to be as follows: >suspended for using slurs in juniors (we don't know what those slurs are) >slammed a door on an official in Arizona >rode his goalie in NYR for blowing a game, the goalie proceeded to punch him and put him a headlock Everything else is speculation or hearsay I'm not seeing how this kid is sucha public enemy that you wouldn't give him a chance on our backend. Everyone does and says some dumb things when they are young men. His crimes are mild compared to some. Probert was a party animal coke fiend on this team. Bertuzzi nearly killed a guy before coming to us. Datsyuk was a proud homophobe.... But now just being outspoken and a republican is enough to get you canceled in this league? Pretty dumb if you ask me. I'd take a chance on this kid all day. What do we have to lose? Him cussing out Blashill on the bench? I might stand and applaud if he did that to be quite honest... we can't sink any further guys...

LOL! That's the first thing I thought of as well.