Rumor: Rumors & Proposals Thread | Edmonton Reclaim Former Oiler Raphael Lavoie via Waivers

[Spawn]

Thats way less deadline cap than we were planning. It screws us either way. Either we lose Lavoie or we lose cap at the deadline.

You don’t have to keep him all season. Nows the time to actually play him for ~5-10 games on that 4th line. Give him an honest 10 minutes a game. If he doesn’t cut it, waive him again and it’s no loss if he’s claimed. If he proves he should play in that spot, waive Perry.

 

[CantHaveTkachev]

The Lavoie saga continues hahaha

 

[joestevens29]

See normally I would agree with you but if you look at everything that has happened this past summer there seems to be some funny business going on with regards to the Oilers. Between offer sheets and waiver claims things look a little fishy to me.

The offer sheets were simple perfect storm.

Waivers who knows, maybe teams perked up once Lavoie was originally claimed by Vegas lol

 

[FlameChampion]

I really don’t think we should be running with 12F anyway

 

[McDNicks17]

I really don’t think we should be running with 12F anyway

It's better than running with 6D.

Going with an 11-7 in a pinch is a lot easier with this roster.

 

[McFlyingV]

You don’t have to keep him all season. Nows the time to actually play him for ~5-10 games on that 4th line. Give him an honest 10 minutes a game. If he doesn’t cut it, waive him again and it’s no loss if he’s claimed. If he proves he should play in that spot, waive Perry.

This is the most logical move imo. Especially since Perry has a 150k bonus at 15GP. I haven't fully written off Perry yet. I don't think he ever found the right fit on a line. He played with a bunch of speedy perimeter and speedy forechecking line mates who really struggled at playing a cycle game. He's slow, but if you can find him a line that's built around the cycle and puck protection he might still be a valuable player.

Oddly enough I think Philp and Derek Ryan are probably the two line mates who best match that style in the bottom 6.

 

[Faelko]

You don’t have to keep him all season. Nows the time to actually play him for ~5-10 games on that 4th line. Give him an honest 10 minutes a game. If he doesn’t cut it, waive him again and it’s no loss if he’s claimed. If he proves he should play in that spot, waive Perry.

I think I’d throw him on the 3rd line with Henrique, he wouldn’t have a chance with Ryan as his C. Scratch Perry and put Brown on the 4th.

 

[oobga]

So who of put in a claim

NYR
DAL
CAR
WPG
FLA
VAN
BOS
COL

Canucks after taking a call from Vegas?

 

[Pass the Saitl Sauce]

If we ever need another lavoie we can just claim one off waivers, not a big deal.

Told you so

 

[AddyTheWrath]

The Oilers were never going to hit the 4M accrued cap space projections.

Let’s say Lavoie was sent to Bakersfield today and everything was hunky dory. If even a single forward got injured down the road, we would need to call up a replacement, which would take away from how much cap space we would accrue. If multiple forwards get injured? Then we’re dipping into LTIR which stops any accrual.

Cap space by accrual isn’t going to get us much.

 

[Spawn]

I think I’d throw him on the 3rd line with Henrique, he wouldn’t have a chance with Ryan as his C. Scratch Perry and put Brown on the 4th.

Ideally, I agree. I just doubt Knob will do it lol.

 

[oobga]

The Oilers were never going to hit the 4M accrued cap space projections.

Let’s say Lavoie was sent to Bakersfield today and everything was hunky dory. If even a single forward got injured down the road, we would need to call up a replacement, which would take away from how much cap space we would accrue. If multiple forwards get injured? Then we’re dipping into LTIR which stops any accrual.

Cap space by accrual isn’t going to get us much.

It's annoying that Vegas and some other troll team messed with our options, but do agree, running 12 forwards or 6 D was very likely not going to work for any extended period of time. We are back to a typical roster size now.

 

[Frank the Tank]

The Oilers were never going to hit the 4M accrued cap space projections.

Let’s say Lavoie was sent to Bakersfield today and everything was hunky dory. If even a single forward got injured down the road, we would need to call up a replacement, which would take away from how much cap space we would accrue. If multiple forwards get injured? Then we’re dipping into LTIR which stops any accrual.

Cap space by accrual isn’t going to get us much.

Agreed, but they still need to try and squeeze every dollar out of accrued cap space that they can before the inevitable injuries happen.

 

[Jimmi McJenkins]

Canucks after taking a call from Vegas?

The nucks just being their petty selves

 

[FlameChampion]

It's better than running with 6D.

Going with an 11-7 in a pinch is a lot easier with this roster.

I know accruing cap space is important for TDL. But I don’t think trying to play 20/21 man roster should be the goal or realistic. Especially for a team with old fourth liners, and several bottom pairing dman. We also had a short summer.

If they wanted to accrue space, JJ/Bowman needed to figure something else out to move out more cap space imo

 

[CycloneSweep]

Just waive perry but don’t assign him to the AHL. Keep him in the room, but bury his cap hit.

You can't do that. A players cap only goes away once assigned.

 

[MoontoScott]

The offer sheets were simple perfect storm.

Waivers who knows, maybe teams perked up once Lavoie was originally claimed by Vegas lol

Both players were contributors last night in St. Louis but its a long 82 game season and the real results won't be available for awhile.

 

[TheNumber4]

Imagine how much cap bulls it we could avoid if we just cheated our way out of contracts like other teams.

 

[rboomercat90]

Not as old as some guys here, but next March, I will officially be an adult longer than I have been a child. It's such a mindfuk. Luckily, I may have already gone through a midlife crisis, so hopefully another doesn't happen later in life.

If it makes you feel better, I’d have never guessed you were an adult.

 

[bone]

Imagine how much cap bulls it we could avoid if we just cheated our way out of contracts like other teams.

Campbell's buyout hit would sure be helpful right now.

 

[JeffSkinner53]

The nucks just being their petty selves

Not much to cheer for

 

[McHelpus]

Accuring cap is already dead before it started lool

 

[McShogun99]

It's annoying that Vegas and some other troll team messed with our options, but do agree, running 12 forwards or 6 D was very likely not going to work for any extended period of time. We are back to a typical roster size now.

The next CBA they need to change the rules that the salary cap for season/playoffs is based on 12F, 6D, 2G. Every team should be allowed to carry 3 reserve players in the regular season with whatever is league minimum not counting against the cap. Any dollar over that counts against the cap. Teams shouldn't have to play short because of cap mismanagement or saving to acrue cap space and risk players getting injured from being over worked.

 

[Stealth1616]

The next CBA they need to change the rules that the salary cap for season/playoffs is based on 12F, 6D, 2G. Every team should be allowed to carry 3 reserve players in the regular season with whatever is league minimum not counting against the cap. Any dollar over that counts against the cap. Teams shouldn't have to play short because of cap mismanagement or saving to acrue cap space and risk players getting injured from being over worked.

Have a feeling the NHLPA wouldn’t like this. Basically have 3 players up the whole year who don’t play ?

 

[McShogun99]

Have a feeling the NHLPA wouldn’t like this. Basically have 3 players up the whole year who don’t play ?

It guarantees 3 extra players per team are making league minimum and traveling with the big club. They'd get games in just like any other team today that carries a roster of 22 or 23 players