The 31-year-old has been out since Nov. 14 after suffering the fifth concussion of his career.
The Capitals haven't skipped a beat with Oshie on the shelf, as the club has gone 9-2-0 without him. Washington sits atop the Metropolitan Division entering Tuesday night with 37 points.
Prior to his injury, Oshie had contributed nine goals and 14 points in 18 games.
Manning was signed this offseason to a two-year, $4.5-million contract, while Rutta is in his second season with the team after signing a one-year, $2.25-million extension earlier this year.
The two have combined for just three goals and nine points this season, and, given their respective cap hits, Powers' source believes that the Blackhawks would take anything in return in a trade for either of them simply to get their salaries off the books.
Chicago currently has just under $5 million in cap space.
Toronto Maple Leafs head coach Mike Babcock believes William Nylander's first game of the season went as well as it could have, given the circumstances.
Nylander made his season debut Thursday night after ending his contract stalemate Saturday. He played just 12:29, but Babcock said he liked what he saw, and admitted the forward may have been thrown into the fire a little prematurely.
"I thought Willy was fine," Babcock said. "It was probably unfair for me - we had the bus thing that happened, we were supposed to practice together, we never even gave the guy a practice. We wanted to get him in. You've got two guys on that line, one coming back from injury (Auston Matthews) and one who hasn't played. In the end, we had an opportunity, we felt, to get going.
"We tried to get going. It has nothing to do with Willy, it has to do with me and trying to win the game, that's all ... I want him to play a ton, I just want to get him out there and get him going. Any time you've missed that amount of hockey, it's going to be hard for him."
After playing 10:22 through the first two periods, Nylander was limited to just 2:07 in the final frame, not seeing the ice for the final 11:37 of the third period and overtime.
Nylander said Babcock told him "nothing" about his minutes being cut in the third period. He said he heard Babcock say he would only play 10 minutes, so he didn't really get into it.
Nylander, for his part, was satisfied with his performance, all things considered.
"It felt OK, there's a lot of differences from practicing by yourself and with the team back home," Nylander said. "I started feeling better, legs were OK, so it felt like an OK first game."
The 22-year-old should finally get some practice reps in on Friday before the Maple Leafs ship out to Boston for a meeting with the Bruins on Saturday night.
The force of the hit knocked Wilson's helmet off, which caused him to hit his head on the ice.
Ryan Reaves takes Tom Wilson down with this blindside hit. Wilson assisted off the ice and Reaves given a 5 minute game misconduct.#CapsKnightspic.twitter.com/pK7xhipF7j
Wilson had to be assisted to the Capitals' dressing room and was ruled out for the remainder of the game with what the team called an upper-body injury.
Both Wilson and Reaves looked to be going at one another for the majority of the game, with each throwing hits at the other when given the opportunity.
Despite being at the center of suspension controversy this season, Wilson has been effective when in the lineup, tallying eight goals and 14 points in 11 games.
It marked the first game McDavid has missed since his rookie season, ending a streak of 222 straight regular-season games played, according to Oilers play-by-play announcer Jack Michaels.
The 21-year-old has posted 35 points in 26 games, going pointless in just four contests. Entering Monday's clash with Dallas, McDavid had factored in on 50 percent of the Oilers' goals.
The incident occurred during Sunday's contest between the two clubs when Bertuzzi grabbed Calvert's stick while sitting on the Red Wings' bench and proceeded to punch him in the face.
Matt Calvert tries to get his stick from the Red Wings bench and gets clocked by Tyler Bertuzzi pic.twitter.com/5AOhSukeTQ
Liljegren and Sandin, the Maple Leafs' most recent first-round picks, are both playing for Toronto's AHL affiliate. 2017 draft selection Liljegren has eight points in 19 games this season, while Sandin's posted four goals and three assists as a rookie in 12 contests.
The 19-year-old Liljegren played for Sweden at last year's world juniors as the team captured silver, ultimately losing 3-1 in the final to Canada. It'll be Sandin's first taste of the tournament, which kicks off on Boxing Day in Vancouver.
The injury occurred after Grabner took a high stick from Sammy Blais.
On Sunday Grabner shared a picture on his Instagram story of the damage done to his eye.
Coyotes forward Michael Grabner just posted this photo on Instagram. It's ugly and it's clearly his left eye that took the brunt of Blues forward Sammy Blais' stick. No official update yet from the Coyotes on his prognosis: pic.twitter.com/zhEdu0XBBv
It might've come down to the final minutes of Saturday's deadline, but Toronto Maple Leafs forward William Nylander finally has a deal in place. Although the 22-year-old has yet to play this season due to a months-long contract stalemate with the team, he has no hard feelings on how the process played out.
"Everything worked out good for both sides, so there is nothing to be bitter about," Nylander said, according to Terry Koshan of the Toronto Sun. "You want to be playing from the beginning of the season, but things happen for a reason and I am just so happy that it's over."
Although there was plenty of speculation as to how the stalemate would end, including a potential trade or bridge deal, Nylander agreed to a six-year deal worth roughly $6.96 million per season with the Leafs.
"That was something I wanted," he said. "I didn't want a bridge deal. I want to stay in Toronto with all the players that we have, and we have a great team.
"I didn't want to risk it by signing a bridge deal and not being able to stay, if that was going to happen."
Maple Leafs general manager Kyle Dubas said Saturday that the team hopes to have the winger back sometime over the next week. Nylander, meanwhile, is eager to rejoin his teammates.
"I can't wait to be back," he said. "It has been a crazy ride. I wish it would have been done earlier, but I'm very happy to be back with the best fans in the league. I'm very excited."
Toronto Maple Leafs fans were abuzz on Twitter just over a week ago when Columbus Blue Jackets fan Ryan Lacey tweeted a photo of himself with Maple Leafs general manager Kyle Dubas ahead of Toronto's game against the Blue Jackets on Nov. 23.
In the tweet, Lacey claimed Dubas told him he would have an update on the William Nylander contract situation at 5 p.m. that day.
BREAKING: Just spoke with @MapleLeafs GM Kyle Dubas and asked about where they stand on William Nylander. His response was “I’ll have an update by 5pm.” Something tells me a resolve in the Nylander situation is close. #Nylander#MapleLeafspic.twitter.com/Au0Zwyi7k8
Well, as everyone knows, 5 p.m. came and went with no update on Nylander, leaving Lacey looking like a Twitter troll. That is until Dubas reached out to him on Twitter on Saturday, lending some credence to the Columbus fan's claim just minutes after Nylander's six-year contract was made official.