Victor Mancini wasn’t going to be the story Tuesday at Rogers Arena .

However, he hoped to be a sidebar to the long-awaited, headline-grabbing and polarizing return of J.T. Miller as captain of the New York Rangers.

The potential-packed Mancini, who was part of the return that sent the former Vancouver Canucks centre packing in a multiplayer swap on Jan. 31 that also landed Filip Chytil and a 2025 first-round pick, was writing a pretty good story Sunday. Then it needed an edit.

He was injured in the second period of a 4-3 overtime victory over the Edmonton Oilers and was being evaluated post-game. The Canucks were off Monday and there was no status update.

Mancini was hurt late in a sequence where he did everything right. He used size, positioning, quick pivot and a poke-check

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