{"id":469102,"date":"2026-02-24T04:47:11","date_gmt":"2026-02-24T04:47:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/469102\/"},"modified":"2026-02-24T04:47:11","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T04:47:11","slug":"mangiapane-ersson-canucks-pro-hockey-rumors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/469102\/","title":{"rendered":"Mangiapane, Ersson, Canucks \u2013 Pro Hockey Rumors"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Edmonton Oilers continue to shop veteran winger Andrew Mangiapane<\/a> and are expected to trade him before the March 6 trade deadline, David Pagnotta of The Fourth Period reported today<\/a>. Pagnotta has previously reported<\/a> on Mangiapane\u2019s situation over the last month, writing that numerous teams, including the Ottawa Senators, Detroit Red Wings, Anaheim Ducks and Winnipeg Jets have had varying levels of interest in Mangiapane.<\/p>\n

In past years, Mangiapane might have been a somewhat tough player to move, as he has an additional year on his contract at a $3.6MM AAV. While that\u2019s not a salary that\u2019s going to break any team\u2019s cap sheet, the reality is his on-ice value this season has not been commensurate with his compensation, as he has just 12 points in 49 games. But Mangiapane has had his moments over the course of his career, including in 2021-22 when he scored 35 goals, or when he won tournament MVP at the 2021 IIHF Men\u2019s World Championships, so it\u2019s easy to see why a team with some financial flexibility might be interested in adding him at a minimal asset cost.<\/p>\n

Other notes from around the NHL:<\/p>\n

Philadelphia Flyers goalie Samuel Ersson<\/a> is entering a crucial stretch of the season, one where his future in the Flyers organization could be decided, writes The Athletic\u2019s Kevin Kurz<\/a>. According to Kurz, \u201cit\u2019s make-or-break time for Ersson in a Flyers sweater\u201d and \u201cIf he doesn\u2019t finish strong, it\u2019s difficult to envision the Flyers tabling a qualifying offer this summer to extend him.\u201d A pending RFA, Ersson has been one of the league\u2019s weakest goalies this season. He has a .856 save percentage in 24 games this season, and was only marginally better in 2024-25, when he posted an .883 in 47 games. He\u2019s making $1.45MM against the cap on his current contract.
\nThe Vancouver Canucks have a whole host of trade possibilities to consider as the trade deadline inches closer, and most attention has been paid to the team\u2019s pending UFAs, including veterans Evander Kane<\/a> and Teddy Blueger<\/a>. But that\u2019s not the only trade avenue the Canucks are looking at in their quest to add more future assets to their team. The Athletic\u2019s Thomas Drance reported<\/a> that the Canucks are \u201cactively exploring\u201d their options in terms of \u201cweaponizing\u201d its cap space in order to add assets. While Drance noted that the more favorable cap environment likely takes deals such as the Canadiens\u2019 acquisition of Sean Monahan<\/a>\u00a0and a first-round pick off the table, Vancouver could still have some options with how to utilize its projected $5.7MM (or more) cap space set to be available by deadline day.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Edmonton Oilers continue to shop veteran winger Andrew Mangiapane and are expected to trade him before the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":459359,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[5128],"tags":[1824,894,146,5,4,56,5360,893,27,5313],"class_list":{"0":"post-469102","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-vancouver-canucks","8":"tag-andrew-mangiapane","9":"tag-canucks","10":"tag-edmonton-oilers","11":"tag-hockey","12":"tag-nhl","13":"tag-philadelphia-flyers","14":"tag-samuel-ersson","15":"tag-vancouver","16":"tag-vancouver-canucks","17":"tag-vancouvercanucks"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nhl\/116123798432437273","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/469102","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=469102"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/469102\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/459359"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=469102"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=469102"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=469102"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}