{"id":9191,"date":"2025-07-19T23:31:10","date_gmt":"2025-07-19T23:31:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/9191\/"},"modified":"2025-07-19T23:31:10","modified_gmt":"2025-07-19T23:31:10","slug":"mandolese-gettinger-laferriere-barron-oligny-edmonds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/9191\/","title":{"rendered":"Mandolese, Gettinger, Laferriere, Barron, Oligny, Edmonds"},"content":{"rendered":"

Multiple NHL-experienced players have signed on with Russian agency Winners in an effort to land deals in the KHL this summer, the agency announced<\/a>. Among them is goaltender\u00a0Kevin Mandolese<\/a>, who hasn\u2019t seen NHL ice since a three-game stint with the Senators in 2022-23 but has remained on NHL contracts since then.<\/p>\n

The 24-year-old Mandolese has shown some promise as a depth netminder. A sixth-round pick by Ottawa in 2018, he did well in his only NHL action and recorded a .916 SV% and 3.29 GAA in that aforementioned trial. He remained in the Senators\u2019 organization until last summer, when the Avalanche acquired<\/a> his signing rights in a pick swap and subsequently signed him to a two-way deal for 2024-25.<\/p>\n

He was recalled sparingly as injuries necessitated throughout the season, only getting into game action with the AHL\u2019s Colorado Eagles. He fared decently well there but only got into 19 games, posting a 2.87 GAA and .903 SV% with an 11-6-0 record. Presumably looking for more stability than a two-way contract or an AHL deal for next season would provide him, Mandolese is now turning his attention toward overseas offers with some runway ahead of him to make an NHL return if he impresses.<\/p>\n

Other names eyeing KHL moves:<\/p>\n

Also on Winners\u2019 list is veteran winger\u00a0Timothy Gettinger<\/a>. The 27-year-old was a longtime farmhand for the Rangers and became a semi-frequent call-up option for them a few years ago, recording one assist in 16 NHL games between the 2018-19 and 2021-22 seasons. The 6\u20196\u2033, 216-lb forward hasn\u2019t reached the top level since, though. Now an unrestricted free agent, his offensive numbers in the AHL have been on the decline. He\u2019s spent the last two seasons on two-way deals for the Red Wings, recording 41 points in 109 games for AHL Grand Rapids \u2013 including just seven goals in 54 games last season.
\nWinners also now represents some players without NHL experience but who were still under contract with a club last season. One of them is 25-year-old forward Mathias Laferriere<\/a>. He was a sixth-round pick of the Blues back in 2018 and has spent the vast majority of his four pro seasons in the AHL. The Penguins acquired<\/a> him midway through last season in a swap of depth forwards, but he didn\u2019t work his way up their depth chart and became a Group VI UFA. He managed 18 points in 55 AHL games last year between Springfield and Wilkes-Barre\/Scranton.
\nAfter spending the last four seasons in the Coyotes\/Utah organization, winger\u00a0Travis Barron<\/a>\u00a0is now looking for a KHL contract. A 2016 seventh-round pick of the Avalanche, Barron played out his entry-level contract with them but did so primarily with the ECHL\u2019s Utah Grizzlies. He wasn\u2019t qualified upon expiry in 2021 and instead signed an AHL deal with the Tucson Roadrunners, where he played for two years before signing an NHL contract with their Arizona parent. He signed another two-way contract with Utah last summer but is now a Group VI UFA, and the Mammoth don\u2019t appear interested in retaining him. The nephew of longtime NHLer\u00a0Andrew Cassels<\/a> had 23 points in 67 games for the Roadrunners last year.
\nLongtime AHLer\u00a0Jimmy Oligny<\/a>\u00a0already made the jump overseas last summer but is now looking for tougher competition in Russia. The 5\u201911\u201d defenseman was a frequent farmhand for the Jets, although not on an NHL contract. He was the captain of their AHL affiliate, the Manitoba Moose, from 2021-24 in a reduced role. His only NHL contract came in 2018-19 on a two-way deal with the Golden Knights. A veteran of 473 AHL games, the 32-year-old spent last year in Slovakia with HKM Zvolen and Austria with the ICEHL\u2019s Graz 99ers.
\nWinger\u00a0Lucas Edmonds<\/a>\u00a0was non-tendered by the Rangers last month following the expiry of his entry-level contract and is now looking at opportunities in Russia. The 24-year-old was a third-round pick by the Lightning in 2022 as an overager out of OHL Kingston, where he exploded for 113 points in 68 games in his final junior-eligible season. He never gained a true foothold in the AHL after turning pro, though, and was traded to New York midway through last year. He finished 2024-25 with only 11 points in 40 AHL games between Syracuse and Hartford.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Multiple NHL-experienced players have signed on with Russian agency Winners in an effort to land deals in the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":9192,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[433],"tags":[49,48,9402,9403,8030,9404,9405,448,82,9406,9407],"class_list":["post-9191","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nhl","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-jimmy-oligny","tag-kevin-mandolese","tag-khl","tag-lucas-edmonds","tag-mathias-laferriere","tag-nhl","tag-sports","tag-tim-gettinger","tag-travis-barron"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9191","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9191"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9191\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9192"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9191"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9191"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9191"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}