Overview
- Practice lines pointed to Trent Frederic and Andrew Mangiapane as potential healthy scratches, with Mangiapane reported to be on the trade block.
- Mangiapane can be assigned to the AHL but cannot be traded without his approval, and his $3.6 million cap hit through next season factors into any decision.
- Frederic’s struggles have fueled debate about his place in the lineup, though a no‑movement clause and term on his $3.85 million deal limit options such as waivers.
- Prospect goalie Connor Ungar has posted a .943 save percentage across 14 minor‑pro games, strengthening his case internally as Tristan Jarry returns to practice and remains weeks from playing, according to coach Kris Knoblauch.
- In other local developments, letters blasted Calgary’s Infrastructure Services after a second Bearspaw feeder‑main failure in 18 months, and the Sudbury Wolves traded veterans Nathan Villeneuve and Alex Pharand to Windsor for picks and 17‑year‑old Jean‑Cristoph Lemieux in a retooling move.