Andrew Mangiapane Clears NHL Waivers, Remains with Oilers After Cap-Driven Move
Forward andrew mangiapane has stayed within the Edmonton Oilers organization after clearing NHL waivers Monday, a roster outcome tied to salary-cap maneuvering rather than a judgment on his performance. The move, announced after both he and defenseman Alec Regula hit the waiver wire, stabilizes the Oilers' available depth as they manage cap constraints.
Andrew Mangiapane Clears Waivers
andrew mangiapane cleared waivers Monday and will remain under Edmonton control. The 5-foot-10 forward signed a two-year, $7. 2 million contract on July 1 and has struggled to find consistent ice time this season: he has seven goals and seven assists in 52 games and carries a career-worst plus/minus of minus-19 while enduring multiple healthy scratches. Across his nine NHL seasons, he has compiled 257 career points (130 goals, 127 assists) in 550 games.
General manager Stan Bowman framed the waiver placement as a cap-driven decision rather than a performance dismissal, saying the move was made for salary-cap reasons. The immediate effect is that Mangiapane remains available to the Oilers while the club clears roster space and manages its payroll; clearing waivers returned him to Edmonton without another team claiming his contract.
Alec Regula Also Clears Waivers
Defenseman Alec Regula likewise cleared waivers Monday and will stay in the Oilers system. Regula has appeared in 29 NHL games this season for Edmonton with three assists and a minus-16 rating. He has also skated in the AHL with the Bakersfield Condors, where he recorded one goal and three points in three games during a conditioning stint.
Regula, a 6-foot-4 right-shot blueliner who was claimed from Boston last season, brings size and experience on the margin; his NHL totals this campaign include 15 hits and 35 penalty minutes, and he carries a reported $775, 000 cap hit through the end of the next season. Clearing waivers means the Oilers retain both on the roster picture and can deploy or reassign them without losing their contracts to another club.
What makes this notable is that the club opted to use waivers as a short-term salary-cap lever while keeping roster continuity: the effect was immediate clearance for both players rather than a loss to another team.
The waiver activity followed their initial placement on the wire the prior day. The timeline — placed on waivers Sunday afternoon and cleared the following Monday — underscores how quickly NHL waiver windows can resolve, with tangible roster and cap consequences in 24 to 48 hours. For Edmonton, the practical outcome is preserved depth up front and on the back end without ceding either contract to another club.
For Mangiapane, the immediate season implications are clear: he remains in the organization and available for selection as the Oilers balance offensive depth and salary-cap limitations. The pairing of a veteran forward under a multi-year contract and a young, large defenseman returning from a conditioning stint gives the club options as it navigates the rest of the campaign.
