Bringing in Andrew Mangiapane in July was a test drive.

It’s not like Edmonton Oilers GM Stan Bowman gave him term and dollars.

Fact is, Bowman looked at those 14 goals and 28 points in Washington last season and while he wanted the free-agent Mangiapane, probably thinking he might still have some top-two-line chops in him because he scored 35 goals one year in Calgary, he only gave him two years and $3.6 million AAV.

He was hedging his bets. It wasn’t four years and $4.6 million.

But he’s been an offensive disappointment through 30 games.

Mangiapane was tried on the top two lines but it didn’t work. He now he seems welded to a third-line role, which is likely where he should be. He hasn’t scored in 16 games; he has one goal in the last two months. He has points in 10 of the Oilers

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