“I did mention Anaheim on Saturday night, and there’s two reasons I mention them,” Friedman said. “Number one, they’ve started to struggle a bit. They have a lot of guys who have never gone through this meat grinder before. … I just wonder if they might want a veteran to help some of their kids get through this. And they have the cap room.”

“I did have some people that thought a Strome for Mangiapane deal makes sense,” he said. “The problem there is that Strome makes about a million and a half more than Mangiapane, and Edmonton doesn’t have the room to take all that. So it would be interesting to see how Anaheim would feel about that situation … I’ve also heard, though I’ve not confirmed it through the Oilers, that they are looking for a player who would be more accepting of the role that Mangiapane was going to start to have to play. Sort of like a bottom-six, somebody who is not going to get as much of a chance to play with a Leon or a Connor … and Strome wouldn’t necessarily fit that.”