Kapanen Gets the Scratch Treatment as Monday’s Lineup Tightens

Oliver Kapanen is on the outside looking in Monday, and that usually tells you a coach thinks the lineup needs a little more bite. In this league, a healthy scratch is never just a paperwork move - it is a quiet message about trust, fit, and who gets the next shift when the game gets ugly. Fantasy managers will care about the ice-time fallout, but the bigger read is what this says about where Kapanen stands in the pecking order right now.