This in from the Edmonton Oilers news they have signed forward Andrew Mangiapane as a free agent.,
“The Oilers have signed forward Andrew Mangiapane to a two-year contract with an average annual value of $3.6 million.”
David Pagnotta
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Mangiapane’s 2-year, $7.2M deal with Edmonton ($3.6M AAV) includes a full NTC in the first year and 5-team trade list in year two.
Reaction from the hockey world? Here are highlights:
The Athletic’s stat analyst Dom Luszczyszyn📈 @domluszczyszyn
A perfectly fair deal for Andrew Mangiapane as a top nine guy, but there’s probably some upside here if the Oilers use him in a top six role.
Oilers fan Adam @OilersAdam
Andrew Mangiapane took less money to be in Edmonton. Love this signing.
Rangers fan Leo @Leo__260
This year’s Arvidsson and Skinner
Oilers fan Joel Bacon @JoelBacon76
I was excited last year when they signed Arvidsson and Skinner. In my mind I was picturing 2016 versions of both of those players so I let it slide about Holloway and Broberg. I’ll reserve judgement on this until Mangie proves himself. Fool me once, as the saying goes…
Oilers fan Doppa D @Doppa_D
Solid add… was always a fan of his. Now sign Isaac Howard too and we’re starting to cook.
The Athletic Winnipeg hockey writer Murat Ates @WPGMurat
I like this player, particularly for that price. Edmonton did well here.
Oilers Now host Bob Stauffer @Bob_Stauffer
Andrew Mangiapane scored 35 goals with Calgary in 2021-22.
Was 5th in TOI on both the Flames PP and PK amongst FWDs in his final 3 seasons in Calgary.
Will get an extended look in the Edmonton Oilers top -6. Had offers North of 4M AAV.
Oilers fan Oilers-4-Life @oilers_life
Notice how Bob (Stauffer) says “middle-6” winger not top-6. This means Andrew Mangiapane and not Brock Boeser. A very underwhelming offseason with the no upgrade in net. The mismanagement that has occurred during McDavid’s era has been nothing short of pathetic.
Sportsnet Calgary’s Eric Francis @EricFrancis
Andrew Mangiapane is an Edmonton Oiler.
Wow.
Oilers fan Karman Gill @Kgill39
Mangiapane spent majority of his last season with Lars Eller and scored 14 goals.
Arvidsson spent a lot of his time with Leon and scored 15 goals.
Hmm..
Oilers fan DNL @OilerAnalytics
Even strength goals the last 3 seasons:
• Andrew Mangiapane (39)
• Corey Perry (30)
• Connor Brown (16)
Oilers fan Mark 📸 @TheLineBlender
RNH-Frederic-Mangiapane would be the best 3rd line the Oilers have ever seen
Calgary Flames website Matchsticks & Gasoline @MatchsticksCGY
At least Edmonton is spending their limited space on Mangiapane instead of goaltending or defence upgrades.
Oilers fan Kennedy @kennedystrash
You have to say Andrew Mangiapane in the thickest Italian accent possible. this is the only way
Edmonton Journal hockey writer Jim Matheson @jimmathesonnhl
Mangiapane’s agent is Allan Roy who also reps Frederic. Fair money and term for legit top 9 winger who is somewhere between the 35 goal seemingly out of body experience he had one year in Calgary and last year’s 14 in Washington. Best bet he is 20-20 guy
Oilers Nation writer Zach Laing @zjlaing
The oilers did right by letting klingberg, perry, and brown walk at the prices they signed for. mangiapane is some tidy work and the oilers are in the green.
Oilers fan Klima’s Lid @thackattack41
The spelling of Mangiapane on Oilers Twitter for the next 2 years is going to be horrifying, considering half of you can’t even spell Stecher correctly…Last season, Mangiapane’s offensive production decreased; however, he averaged 3 fewer minutes of ice time per game than what he previously received in CGY. In addition, his primary C was Lars Eller with rotational Ws filling in. Context is important.
Oilers fan Adhi @OilerAlert
It’s quite likely that Mangiapane is the biggest addition of the off-season
Oilers fan Dyl @dhockey13
We are about to run it back with Skinner and Pickard and our big “add” is going to be Mangiapane.
Former MC79 blogger and Oilers fan Dennis King @DKingBH
Turns out nothing went in the net with Mangiapane and Eller together. Once you separated them? Both were better
Oilers fan Paul Almeida @AzorcanGlobal
Mangiapane scored 35 goals in 2021-22 with the #Flames
Not big but has a high compete & skill level.
Scored 14G 14A last year for the #Caps in a bottom 6 role with Lars Ellers as his C with about 13 mins of ice time.
He should be able to PK as well.
NHL player analyst HockeyIceStorm @HockeyIceStorm
Mangiapane is an energetic, high-IQ winger who finds seams & finishes with flair—especially in special teams—but at just 5’10”, his impact fluctuates in physical play & can fade without consistent linemates. Middle 6 depth for Oilers 👍🏼
PuckPedia @PuckPedia
So who is left?
There are 5 players remaining who scored 39+ points last year:
Ehlers
Suter
Dadonov (contract terms o/s)
Grzelchyk
Roslovic
After signing Mangiapane for $3.6M, #LetsGoOilers have $951K Projected Cap Space with 22 active players (13F7D/2G)
More to come…