Prospect Info: Victor Mancini (159th overall 2022 by NYR)

[bobbyb2009]

Seems like what people hope Deharnais could be?

Seems very mobile for his size, doesn’t take penalties either.

Seems like what people hope Deharnais could be?

Seems very mobile for his size, doesn’t take penalties.

You can say that again...

 

[krutovsdonut]

so ferraro and corrado like him. we should ask luongo his opinion next.

 

[vadim sharifijanov]

i’d never heard of this guy three days ago but the unreasonable dreamer in me that thought byron bitz was going to be cam neely and jett woo was a poor man’s kronwall was watching friday’s game hoping that we have our own thomas harley here.

 

[MS]

Well yeah, +/- is obviously an extremely limited stat, but as a 22 year old he's on pace for -25 in the AHL. That doesn't suggest any kind of NHL upside.

I mean, Max Sasson was a -7 in 18 AHL games and then came up to the NHL and was competently playing mid-leverage minutes.

All Mancini's +/- tells you is that he was playing big minutes on a bad team.

I've never seen him play a full game and I don't have a read on him at all but the gist seems to be that he's a guy who has come out of nowhere and has some very impressive tools but a few rough edges still. A guy like Ferraro was raving about him and Ferraro is generally a pretty good judge of talent. NYR fans liked him a lot.

 

[arttk]

There has to be some limit to how far they'll stretch this, doesn't there????

Uhhh, unmmmmm, uhhhhhhh, mmmmmm

I mean, Max Sasson was a -7 in 18 AHL games and then came up to the NHL and was competently playing mid-leverage minutes.

All Mancini's +/- tells you is that he was playing big minutes on a bad team.

I've never seen him play a full game and I don't have a read on him at all but the gist seems to be that he's a guy who has come out of nowhere and has some very impressive tools but a few rough edges still. A guy like Ferraro was raving about him and Ferraro is generally a pretty good judge of talent. NYR fans liked him a lot.

Yeah that’s what my NYR buddy said too, seems like he did well so we’ll see I guess.

He could be bad but maybe he’s better than 0 point Juulsen.

 

[StreetHawk]

I mean, Max Sasson was a -7 in 18 AHL games and then came up to the NHL and was competently playing mid-leverage minutes.

All Mancini's +/- tells you is that he was playing big minutes on a bad team.

I've never seen him play a full game and I don't have a read on him at all but the gist seems to be that he's a guy who has come out of nowhere and has some very impressive tools but a few rough edges still. A guy like Ferraro was raving about him and Ferraro is generally a pretty good judge of talent. NYR fans liked him a lot.

If he can play 3rd pairing RHD and give the team much needed size on the right side, that's all you can hope for. Ideally, they have Hronek, Wallinder, Mancini on their RHD with Hughes, M. Pettersson (if they can extend him), Soucy, and whichever young Dman develops first, be it E. Petey, Mynio, KK to take Soucy's spot when his deal expires or he is moved.

 

[Lindgren]

If he can play 3rd pairing RHD and give the team much needed size on the right side, that's all you can hope for. Ideally, they have Hronek, Wallinder, Mancini on their RHD with Hughes, M. Pettersson (if they can extend him), Soucy, and whichever young Dman develops first, be it E. Petey, Mynio, KK to take Soucy's spot when his deal expires or he is moved.

Yes, if Mancini turns out to be a satisfactory bottom-pairing guy, that's a very significant plus in the trade.

 

[me2]

I have to agree with the others. -7 is in the area of random noise. His career isn't filled with dominant +/- numbers you'd would hope to see but it's not full of big minuses either. I don't have the highest hopes for him, maybe 3rd pairing but if he replaced Juulsen at least something good happened.

 

[me2]

Yes, if Mancini turns out to be a satisfactory bottom-pairing guy, that's a very significant plus in the trade.

I wouldn't go so far as to call it significant. It's Forbort level, these guys aren't valuable in the off season. They hang around outside rinks waiting for GMs to drive by and tell them to get in the back of the f150.

 

[Lindgren]

I wouldn't go so far as to call it significant. It's Forbort level, these guys aren't valuable in the off season. They hang around outside rinks waiting for GMs to drive by and tell them to get in the back of the f150.

I disagree. If Forbort, for example, could reliably be slotted in on the bottom pair, (especially on the right side), night after night, that'd be significant. So far, the coaching staff doesn't see him that way.

If it were so easy to put together a cheap, satisfactory bottom pairing, Canucks management would have done it by now, and we wouldn't be complaining endlessly about Juulsen etc.

 

[me2]

I disagree. If Forbort, for example, could reliably be slotted in on the bottom pair, (especially on the right side), night after night, that'd be significant. So far, the coaching staff doesn't see him that way.

If it were so easy to put together a cheap, satisfactory bottom pairing, Canucks management would have done it by now, and we wouldn't be complaining endlessly about Juulsen etc.

JR "I need two guys to hang drywall and two guys to play D".

Forbort and VinD jumped in. Ones going well enough and well maybe JR should have checked the other one. That's on them.

 

[Ernie]

I have to agree with the others. -7 is in the area of random noise. His career isn't filled with dominant +/- numbers you'd would hope to see but it's not full of big minuses either. I don't have the highest hopes for him, maybe 3rd pairing but if he replaced Juulsen at least something good happened.

That's true, but given his brutal defensive metrics in his NHL games, it's not reassuring. Maybe that's just noise too, but for "toolsy" players like this people often have problems evaluating them with the eye test.

 

[Knight53]

Don’t know anything about him but his scouting report reads of a RHD D-Petey. Excited to watch him in Abby.

Pettersson - Mancini
Mynio - Kudryavtsev

In abby will be fun.

 

[Hansen]

Paterson or someone posted the roster sheet for the game and that's how I learned his name is actually Vittorio Mancini

Vito sounds way cooler than Victor IMO he should go with that

Also looks like a physical beast, hopefully he has a toolbox to go with it. 5 pts in 14 games for the Rangers in his first pro time is nothing to scoff at, despite being 2 years older he outpaced other guys from his draft class like Denton Mateychuk, Owen Pickering, Lian Bichsel, and Maveric Lamoureaux in similar time

 

[F A N]

Reviews from Rangers fan seem pretty good. Some offensive upside which is odd given his college production. I like this player. Seems like a toolsy player unlike Desharnais who is just big.

 

[WTG]

Don’t know anything about him but his scouting report reads of a RHD D-Petey. Excited to watch him in Abby.

Pettersson - Mancini
Mynio - Kudryavtsev

In abby will be fun.

Need to move veterans out of Abby first. Hirose, Felton, Wolanin, Ahac, Brisebois are all LHD that are still in Abby. If Pettersson gets sent down and Mynio joins the team they have 8 LHD on the team. On the right side they have McWard, Woo, Felton, Friedman, and Willander if he joins.

Moving KK on his off-side can elevate some pressure but I don't think it will be good for his development. You still need some veteran presence on that back end IMO. I hope they can trim out the fat in the farm to get to something like this by playoff-time.

Pettersson - Willander
Kudryavtsev - Mancini
Mynio - Friedman
Wolanin - McWard
Woo

Pettersson and Willander already played with eachother, Kudryavtsev/Mancini would balance eachother out, Friedman would give Mynio some veteran presence. It's incredibly difficult to pick that lineup. But that's assuming that all the prospects play. Minus McWard who has been good this season.

 

[arttk]

If he can play 3rd pairing RHD and give the team much needed size on the right side, that's all you can hope for. Ideally, they have Hronek, Wallinder, Mancini on their RHD with Hughes, M. Pettersson (if they can extend him), Soucy, and whichever young Dman develops first, be it E. Petey, Mynio, KK to take Soucy's spot when his deal expires or he is moved.

looking at the few highlights, it looks like he can really hit to hurt which is something that is much better than what juulsen provides today. Juulsen has master the art of hitting but not actually hurting anyone and at the same time give up grade A chances in chasing those puffy hits.

if Mancini can actually make it painful for the other team and do it in a way that doesn't lead to goals against, then that will be a valuable add.

 

[StreetHawk]

looking at the few highlights, it looks like he can really hit to hurt which is something that is much better than what juulsen provides today. Juulsen has master the art of hitting but not actually hurting anyone and at the same time give up grade A chances in chasing those puffy hits.

if Mancini can actually make it painful for the other team and do it in a way that doesn't lead to goals against, then that will be a valuable add.

If all goes well, then the right side goes Hronek, Wallinder, Mancini. Of the 60 minutes on the RHD, you would subtract about 3 minutes a game since only Hughes play PP1 on D, so if Mancini can play 14/15 minutes, then Wallinder at 18/19 minutes, would leave Hronek at 23-25 minutes most games. Hopefully, then for Wallinder, those minutes go up over time and he can get into the low 20's.

 

[Bourne Endeavor]

Listening to Dangle's podcast and he's mentioned hearing quite a bit about how good Mancini is from other executives, scouts and sources. A few commented they were surprised the Rangers included him.

Grain of salt and all that, but it's certainly nice to hear this trade may not be as lopsided as we thought.

 

[WestCoastLife]

So Darren Dreger goes on S&P and claims he'll be a 2nd pair defenseman, when quizzed further for the background on the comment, he says it was endorsed by none other than proven scouting expert Frank Corrado... before anyone gets too excited, consider the source. At least in this instance.

To be clear, here's hoping my dubious feelings about FC's endorsement's are way off. The upside of this kid definitely makes one salivate.

 

[MS]

So Darren Dreger goes on S&P and claims he'll be a 2nd pair defenseman, when quizzed further for the background on the comment, he says it was endorsed by none other than proven scouting expert Frank Corrado... before anyone gets too excited, consider the source. At least in this instance.

To be clear, here's hoping my dubious feelings about FC's endorsement's are way off. The upside of this kid definitely makes one salivate.

There are a lot of people who seem to like him a lot. Ray Ferraro was also raving about him after seeing him play live for the first time.

With a guy who has totally come out of nowhere in the last 6 months, I just don't have a feel for whether NYR sold high based on a blip or whether we got in front of a guy in the process of a major breakout.

 

[Curm]

Daniel Gee provided a good overview on Mancini over at CA, he's always quite informative.

What do the Canucks have in new defensive prospect Victor Mancini?

 

[Phrasing]

Daniel Gee: What do the Canucks have in new defensive prospect Victor Mancini?

 

[VanillaCoke]

There are a lot of people who seem to like him a lot. Ray Ferraro was also raving about him after seeing him play live for the first time.

With a guy who has totally come out of nowhere in the last 6 months, I just don't have a feel for whether NYR sold high based on a blip or whether we got in front of a guy in the process of a major breakout.

It is the latter.

Not going to take long before everyone else is on board with what NYR fans, reputable intelligent hockey lifers, and now executives/scouts are indicating.

Looked impressive in the nhl this year, in the half dozen games I saw, Just not quite ready for the big show, but he's got all the tools to succeed and the toolbox, classic late bloomer dev curve.

 

[pitseleh]

That's true, but given his brutal defensive metrics in his NHL games, it's not reassuring. Maybe that's just noise too, but for "toolsy" players like this people often have problems evaluating them with the eye test.

Yeah, seems worth pointing out that his defensive numbers with the Rangers this year are horrific.

Amongst defenders with at least 150 minutes at even strength, he’s got the worst SCA/60 rate, and the second worst xGA/60, in the league. Can see why the team likes his tools but based on his results so far he is definitely a project.