Claimed off Waivers: [EDM] Oilers claim D Alec Regula off waivers from the Bruins

[LeafSadist]

He's a Regula everyday normal guy

 

[Raccoon Jesus]

Regula rhymes with Pegula...Imagine if he married Jess Pegula ? Her name would go to Jess Regula lol

 

[mogs]

He's a Regula everyday normal guy

nothin special bout him, mfer

 

[Cup or Bust]

A replacement for Dermott.

 

[TFHockey]

Well, I assume Dermott gets demoted and then the league forces Edmonton to forfeit a pick to someone for some reason.

 

[Northernhawk]

Nothing about the actual player’s ability in this word salad.

What I wrote absolutely related to Regula…a same GM has acquired him now with two different organizations…a GM who has trouble identifying DEFENCEMEN…without Stan Bowman as GM in Chicago the Blackhawks don’t win in 2010, 2013 and 2015…but also(and Bowman has admitted) talent had been traded away and failed evaluations have put the Hawks where they are today

Regula has now gone through, DET CHI and BOS

 

[DingDongCharlie]

Nothing move.. need to address 2RD. We just keep picking up 6/7 type guys and hoping for miracles.

He's the Dermott upgrade. We do need a 2RD. I just question how they will make the cap work for one. Man, I hate that Jeff Skinner NMC more and more each day.

 

[DingDongCharlie]

Seems like the Oilers are very desperate then haha.
Has barely played in the NHL the last 3 seasons. Coming off knee surgery & going to be thrown out there.
Hopefully it works out, sad to see him go while the Bruins keep Oesterle up

It's one waiver claimed 7D in and a failed 7D being shown the door via, waivers in Travis Dermott. There's no desperation around shuffling pressbox guys.

 

[Three On Zero]

Seems like the Oilers are very desperate then haha.
Has barely played in the NHL the last 3 seasons. Coming off knee surgery & going to be thrown out there.
Hopefully it works out, sad to see him go while the Bruins keep Oesterle up

It’s essentially shuffling a 7th D. Dermott isn’t working out, so why not take a flyer on another guy.

 

[Dead Coyote]

From a Hawks fan…

ARegula was an offensive(plays forward as well) defenceman that during this time of bad evaluation…Bowman acquired…his record of handling defencemen isn’t very good

That's absolutely not true. Regula has never regularly played forward in his career. Sometimes the Hunters played an extra d-man on forward rotating but Regula has never been offense first lol, he's grown more offensive but has ALWAYS been a steady defensive d-man.

 

[joestevens29]

The odd thing is from listening to his interview I’m not even sure he’s healthy

So what happens if our doctors deem him unfit? Is their a grievance against the bruins from pa for taking him off soir?

 

[PatriceBergeronFan]

Seems like the Oilers are very desperate then haha.
Has barely played in the NHL the last 3 seasons. Coming off knee surgery & going to be thrown out there.
Hopefully it works out, sad to see him go while the Bruins keep Oesterle up

The Oesterle point is my issue as well. Otherwise, not much of a loss.

 

[Mr Positive]

Dermott was just a sure thing depth insurance guy. Cheap, reliable, with no chance to be more (or less)

Regula seems much different. He's a project with potential to replace Stecher. He has a lower floor, so we might just waive him and recall Dermott if the gamble doesn't pay off

 

[Northernhawk]

That's absolutely not true. Regula has never regularly played forward in his career. Sometimes the Hunters played an extra d-man on forward rotating but Regula has never been offense first lol, he's grown more offensive but has ALWAYS been a steady defensive d-man.

Absolutely TRUE…his first NHL season(3 games) he played two of the games as a forward…

 

[North]

What I wrote absolutely related to Regula…a same GM has acquired him now with two different organizations…a GM who has trouble identifying DEFENCEMEN…without Stan Bowman as GM in Chicago the Blackhawks don’t win in 2010, 2013 and 2015…but also(and Bowman has admitted) talent had been traded away and failed evaluations have put the Hawks where they are today

Regula has now gone through, DET CHI and BOS

Still nothing regarding his actual ability.

 

[Dead Coyote]

Absolutely TRUE…his first NHL season(3 games) he played two of the games as a forward…

Wow, a whole two games. Out of his hundreds of games as an AHL/OHL/NHL player, he's played two of them as a forward. Real offensively minded player.

 

[MMC]

The odd thing is from listening to his interview I’m not even sure he’s healthy

So what happens if our doctors deem him unfit? Is their a grievance against the bruins from pa for taking him off soir?

 

[uncleben]

Correct me if I am wrong, but the player would need to give explicit permission in order to be put on waivers while still injured
And if the claiming team takes exception to the injury (fails his physical and the team no longer wants him), they can reverse the waivers (a la Blair Betts, 2011).

I'm sure the player gave permission and Edmonton probably was aware and okay with it, but would be interesting if we see something more of this

 

[joestevens29]

Correct me if I am wrong, but the player would need to give explicit permission in order to be put on waivers while still injured
And if the claiming team takes exception to the injury (fails his physical and the team no longer wants him), they can reverse the waivers (a la Blair Betts, 2011).

I'm sure the player gave permission and Edmonton probably was aware and okay with it, but would be interesting if we see something more of this

it sounded like he was going to AHL on conditioning stint during our game last night, but now with Bouchard banged up he might have to play. Even though I don’t think he’s even skating