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Re: Mangiapane Potential Trade [message #849484 is a reply to message #849482 ]	Mon, 12 January 2026 16:24

Adam
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mightyreasoner wrote on Mon, 12 January 2026 16:18

Adam wrote on Mon, 12 January 2026 16:07

oilfan94 wrote on Mon, 12 January 2026 15:26

Adam wrote on Mon, 12 January 2026 16:15

I do think there's some analysis that the team needs to do on why everyone fails as a bottom-6 guy here, because not everyone can play with Connor & Leon.

This is the most key point to me. The bottom 6 has been so consistently bad for so many years it tells me that there is still a lingering culture of top guys being the ones that carry the team (like the "core" from the Hall-Eberle-Nuge days), and everyone else being an afterthought. It might not be a culture in the room, but it still feels like that is the message from the top, shaping the organization.

I would be interested to see how our bottom 6 compares over the last 5 years to the rest of the league in terms of goal differential though. I am sure it isn't great, but would be interesting.

I 100% think there's an issue there. I think that the coaches and possibly the management have believed that the depth guys just shouldn't cost you anything, and so there's been a focus on puck management and just eating up some time while the top guys catch their breath. If you sign in Edmonton hoping to play on the first couple lines, and they decide to bump you down the roster, all of a sudden you're not getting rewarded for offence. It could be pretty frustrating and honestly kind of boring. If you also aren't a PK specialist, it means you're looking at low time on ice and it's going to impact your production - and then eventually your next contract. Would be super frustrating as a Skinner or Mangiapane coming here, maybe taking a little less (I've heard that Mangiapane did) and then not getting much of a shot to produce on the top lines and then being told your job when you do go out on the ice isn't to outscore the other team's dregs, it's simply to stay behind the puck and take no risks.

Wouldn't be shocking to see Mangiapane rebound and become a useful player for another team. Arvidsson is doing quite well for Boston (when healthy). His 22 points would put him fifth amongst Oilers forwards this year.

Hell, even Jeff Skinner's 13 points (in 32 games) would put him ahead of every depth forward the Oilers have other than Roslovic (20 points), Podkolzin (19 points) & Savoie (14 points).

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Mangiapane Potential Trade	By: HamBlaster on Fri, 09 January 2026 11:20
Re: Mangiapane Potential Trade	By: NZ Oiler Fan on Fri, 09 January 2026 11:42
Re: Mangiapane Potential Trade	By: Kr55 on Fri, 09 January 2026 12:18
Re: Mangiapane Potential Trade	By: Mike on Fri, 09 January 2026 13:13
Re: Mangiapane Potential Trade	By: Jay on Mon, 12 January 2026 11:08
Re: Mangiapane Potential Trade	By: Skookum Jim on Mon, 12 January 2026 12:00
Re: Mangiapane Potential Trade	By: oilfan94 on Mon, 12 January 2026 12:10
Re: Mangiapane Potential Trade	By: Jay on Mon, 12 January 2026 13:58
Re: Mangiapane Potential Trade	By: Adam on Mon, 12 January 2026 14:15
Re: Mangiapane Potential Trade	By: oilfan94 on Mon, 12 January 2026 15:26
Re: Mangiapane Potential Trade	By: Adam on Mon, 12 January 2026 16:07
Re: Mangiapane Potential Trade	By: mightyreasoner on Mon, 12 January 2026 16:18
Re: Mangiapane Potential Trade	By: Adam on Mon, 12 January 2026 16:24
Re: Mangiapane Potential Trade	By: inverno76 on Mon, 12 January 2026 12:02
Re: Mangiapane Potential Trade	By: Kr55 on Mon, 12 January 2026 13:16
Re: Mangiapane Potential Trade	By: Mike on Mon, 12 January 2026 14:06
Re: Mangiapane Potential Trade	By: Rocksteady on Tue, 03 February 2026 10:38
Re: Mangiapane Potential Trade	By: Kr55 on Tue, 03 February 2026 11:23
Re: Mangiapane Potential Trade	By: Adam on Tue, 03 February 2026 13:10
Re: Mangiapane Potential Trade	By: Skookum Jim on Tue, 03 February 2026 13:31
Re: Mangiapane Potential Trade	By: oilfan94 on Tue, 03 February 2026 15:58
Re: Mangiapane Potential Trade	By: Skookum Jim on Tue, 03 February 2026 16:18
Re: Mangiapane Potential Trade	By: Rocksteady on Wed, 04 February 2026 11:15
Re: Mangiapane Potential Trade	By: Skookum Jim on Tue, 24 February 2026 15:24
Re: Mangiapane Potential Trade	By: Adam on Tue, 24 February 2026 15:44
Re: Mangiapane Potential Trade	By: Kr55 on Tue, 24 February 2026 17:03
Re: Mangiapane Potential Trade	By: Skookum Jim on Wed, 25 February 2026 14:53

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