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Anthony Mantha got mad. Then he reacted with a maturity that foretells success.
When he arrived at Joe Louis Arena this morning, Mantha saw a lineup chart that had him as a healthy scratch for the evening’s game against the Chicago Blackhawks (7:30, FSD, NHL Network). It dinged his pride, but the deeper message was complimentary: specifically, that Mantha is a better player than he has been over the past week.
“There are opportunities, in coaching, to have teaching moments to make sure the trajectory of the player is as upward as we are going to need him to be,” coach Jeff Blashill said.