Rumor: Rumors & Proposals Thread | Oilers waive Lavoie again

[Louis Cypher]

He didn't want to play on his offside but keep crying.

I don't think him refusing to play on his off side was the issue. He play there in the minors also.

 

[North]

I don't think him refusing to play on his off side was the issue. He play there in the minors also.

Maybe a taste of playing with Nurse in the playoffs was enough to tell him that wasn’t the way forward with regards to his own future.

 

[Ritchie Valens]

Well, he nearly backstopped them to one last season so not sure how you can say that with such certainty.
This is a guy who went toe to toe with Oettinger and Bobrovsky and it's not like the Oilers had a 70s Canadiens defense sheltering him. This seems to be forgotten because of 1 regular season game.

The reality is that I don't see how you can find a clearly better goalie than Skinner and what do you do? Trade Skinner in the package too because any high level starter is going to come with a big price tag.

The realistic path to improving the team is the defense. Skinner is good enough to win them a Cup, as evidenced by last season.

I disagree, they got within one win in spite of Skinner, not because of him. He was pulled in the Van series and Pickard saved their asses in game 6. Thankfully he found his game in game 7. Their speed overmatched Dallas but he did play better. In the finals, in game 3 they were up then Florida pumped 3 goals by him in 10 minutes. Again, they were fortunate enough to drag it to 7 games after being down 3-0.

There’s a large enough sample size on him to show he’s wildly inconsistent and it’s hard to win with inconsistent goaltending. It’s no secret the defense and goaltending are the issues. With not much cap space Bowman will have some tinkering to do but I’d be more inclined to try and fix the goaltending than the D because good goaltending can bail out a mediocre defense but inconsistent goaltending won’t.

 

[ManofSteel55]

2-time Stanley Cup winner Jan Rutta has literally never played for a decent team?

How did I forget that. Okay, I was wrong. I will stand by the fact that he never played a significant role on one. 30 games played two years in a row. Only one full season, and he played bottom pair. He's still likely not a better option than Ceci.

 

[Faelko]

He was more of a top 4 dman compared to the rest of the garbage we've had playing beside Nurse

Was….thats the key word. He isn’t that guy anymore

 

[Senor Catface]

Lavoie gone again.

 

[Da McBomb]

Lavoie gone again.

It's like becoming some kind of joke now

 

[Frank the Tank]

Watch, the mystery other team that prevented the Oilers from sending Lavoie to Bakersfield won't emerge when Vegas tries the same thing with this waiver claim.

 

[bellagiobob]

Watch, the mystery other team that prevented the Oilers from sending Lavoie to Bakersfield won't emerge when Vegas tries the same thing with this waiver claim.

That’s been my theory, that Vegas did a small futures side deal with another team to make a bogus initial claim.

https://x.com/i/web/status/1844803948378575064

Theory confirmed.

 

[CantHaveTkachev]

Oilers have to give Flames a 3rd rounder for all the Lavoie's troubles, according to the NHL

 

[CanadasTeam99]

I wish nothing but misery and torture for that Vegas org

 

[Frank the Tank]

Oilers have to give Flames a 3rd rounder for all the Lavoie's troubles, according to the NHL

Hopefully he has a good tax preparer. He'll be collecting a paycheck from a few different sources in the US and Canada by the end of all this.

 

[BIeucheeseWithWings]

At least we have Perry re: losing Lavoie.

 

[sepHF]

now Vegas gets to automatically send Lavoie to the AHL and he doesnt have to clear

I cant grasp why this rule is a thing. I guess so players dont get stuck in an infinite claim loop?

 

[Frank the Tank]

No other claim. Lavoie is a Henderson Silver Knight.

 

[CycloneSweep]

this team is the reverse Dicaprio. 25 or under? Gtfo

 

[North]

Ultimately it’s that a hole other team that claimed Lavoie so we couldn’t send him down without waivers and then decided not claim him now. It must have been Vancouver.

 

[CycloneSweep]

it’s shocking how much older this org has gotten in the last few months. Older, slower.

 

[Arpeggio]

Ultimately it’s that a hole other team that claimed Lavoie so we couldn’t send him down without waivers and then decided not claim him now. It must have been Vancouver.

Pretty slick move by Vegas to be honest.

 

[Heavy Dee]

At least we have Perry re: losing Lavoie.

That's some 3D chess by Bowman.

 

[CycloneSweep]

All because we have awful defence and we need every single penny of deadline space. What a mess we are in.

 

[Oilhawks]

Really don't understand why they felt the need to waive him again. It was entirely obvious that Vegas would claim him again, did they want to do McRimjob a favour?

 

[MoontoScott]

That’s been my theory, that Vegas did a small futures side deal with another team to make a bogus initial claim.

https://x.com/i/web/status/1844803948378575064

Theory confirmed.

This saga has been more entertaining than that Winnipeg game by a country mile.

Good for Lavoie. He gets a fresh start with a different team. When your old team has waived you 3 times in the past 2 seasons then its safe to say that they didn't have much faith in you.

Well, I guess the "13th forward" selection is down to either Philp (out of hockey for a year) or Lavoie (completely unproven at the pro level).

Is there someone else I am missing?

 

[Soli]

How we just lost Lavoie is so screwed up. How another team can farm him makes no sense whatsoever. It’s just slightly less shady than Edmonton owes Calgary a 3rd.

 

[North]

Really don't understand why they felt the need to waive him again. It was entirely obvious that Vegas would claim him again, did they want to do McRimjob a favour?

Ultimately it’s the cap space. Also if they are considering signing one of Shattenkirk, Jultz, or Giordano, they’ll need it.