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Oilers actually made it easier to trade Andrew Mangiapane by waiving him
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The Edmonton Oilers recently waived Andrew Mangiapane.
It seemed like an admission that they're giving up on him, and for the most part, that's the case.
He's not actually gone, though. He can just be sent to the AHL when he clears waivers. And that actually increases his trade value.
Why?
Because an acquiring team can now send Mangiapane straight to the AHL themselves.
"He’s unlikely to be claimed, but that doesn’t mean he won’t still be moved in a subsequent trade," The Athletic's Chris Johnston wrote in his latest trade board. "Quite the contrary, in fact, because an acquiring team can send Mangiapane directly to the AHL once he’s passed through waivers and would be in a position to get a sweetener from Edmonton for taking on his contract. Mangiapane’s game is a long way from the 35-goal season he had in 2021-22, but he did score 13 even-strength goals in Washington last season and was also deployed as a penalty killer on the league’s fifth-best unit. Edmonton is desperate to clear up cap space for other moves, so he has to go."
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Mangiapane has a cap hit of $3.6 million and is still under contract through the 2026-27 season.
That means that a team acquiring him might hope that a change of scenery at least provides him a bit of a jolt to be a slight NHL contributor at times in the next year-plus.
The Oilers will give up what they need to to clear his salary off the books, though, and now it's easier with him available to be placed in the AHL.
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Star trio helps Los Angeles lock up playoff spot with win over New York
Los Angeles Golf Club locked up the third spot in the TGL playoffs with a 6-3 victory over New York Golf Club Monday night, with three of the best golfers in the game proving their worth once again in the SoFi Center.
Los Angeles, which boasted the Nos. 3, 4, and 5-ranked golfers in the world in Tommy Fleetwood, Justin Rose and Collin Morikawa in their lineup Monday night, got off to a quick start and held on tight after a hard-charging push from New York in singles.
“Our entire team. We’re resilient. We love what we’re doing,” Morikawa said. “Tommy and I played this morning. (Justin Rose) was at (this week’s PGA Tour event in Orlando). We all came in and practiced together and just get ready.
“This isn’t something that we take lightly. We want to do this really, really well.”
Los Angeles opened the scoring after winning the first hole with the hammer thrown before it gave the lead right back after Morikawa missed a six-foot par attempt on No. 2. There was no blood in triples until Los Angeles went on a hot streak – winning Nos. 6, 7, and 8 to start to pull away.
New York had a chance to get back into the match on No. 9 after they threw the hammer with Morikawa’s drive in the rough. Matt Fitzpatrick had a 15-foot eagle attempt to win two points, but he couldn’t convert and Morikawa rolled in a five-foot birdie to tie the hole and keep their three-point advantage – leading 4-1 heading into singles.
Los Angeles’ top-ranked trio led more than 90 percent of the holes they’ve played as a group, but it came down to the wire Monday night after Matt Fitzpatrick rolled in a 24-footer from off the green for birdie to win the penultimate hole and put New York down just one point heading into the final hole of the match.
With the hammer thrown, there was not going to be overtime on this night – there would simply be one winner and one loser.
Cameron Young, long known as one of the best drivers in the game, was the opposite of that for New York on No. 15, unfortunately, as he hit his tee ball into the hazard in the most ill-timed of mistakes of the season.
Morikawa, meanwhile, had just eight feet left for an eagle on the last hole after a tremendous approach. In the end, Young conceded the final hole and the match.
“It seemed like all the matches, really other than the one that we won, kind of tried and get something going, hit some good ones, and either we’d hit a poor shot or the other team would hit one closer so just struggled to get the ball rolling. Felt like we were fighting all season,” Rickie Fowler said of New York’s second TGL season. “I wouldn’t say we played necessarily poorly. A lot of the guys just ended up playing better than us on the given nights.”
With the win, Los Angeles leapfrogged Atlanta Drive GC – the defending SoFi Cup champs – for second place heading into the playoffs, as Los Angeles won 26 total holes in the regular season versus Atlanta Drive winning 23.
Los Angeles heads into the playoffs having won two matches in a row after some early losses in the season. This was also a bit of revenge Monday for Los Angeles after they earned the No. 1 spot heading into the playoffs last year but were eliminated by the No.4-ranked New York in a semifinal upset.
“I think we’ve just played well. It was like an iffy start. I actually think we’ve had two tough matches the last two matches. I think we’ve had to play very, very well, and it’s definitely not been given to us,” Fleetwood said. “I’m not going to say it came easy to us, but we obviously came out of the blocks very, very hot (last year) and we sort of cruised through; whereas this year it’s been different, and I think we’ve shown kind of different qualities, if you like. We’re about to go about it a different way just having to start off slow and then gain momentum.
“But I don’t know if we do anything different. I think we’ve just played well.”
Los Angeles will look to continue its fine play into the playoffs in two weeks’ time, but for now, there is one final TGL match left in the regular season: a win-or-go-home matchup between The Bay Golf Club and Jupiter Links GC Tuesday night.