Rumor: Rumors & Proposals Thread | Vegas Claims Raph Lavoie off Waivers, Everyone Else Cleared

[belair]

Vegas has to send Brendan Brisson and potentially Alex Holtz to the minors in order to keep Lavoie on their roster so the leash for him there is going to be extremely short. Wouldn’t surprise me in the least if he’s back on waivers and off to Bakersfield before November hits.

If he can't cut the mustard there, a team with zero wing depth, I honestly wouldn't even bother taking him back.

 

[LTIR]

You might say the Connor Brown contract from last year is a bigger problem? Could have matched on Holloway and had the space this year for Lavoie.

Problems all around.
Worst goaltending duo, worst defense group, slow bottom 6 and J.Skinner hasn't looked good at all.
Mix in No cap space. Draft picks and sad management decisions.

Let's see how far McD can take us this year. Bottom 5 team without him.

 

[CornKicker]

vegas claimed a 14/15th fwd from calgary too, they must be desperate. vegas was super low on the priority on waivers so 20+ teams passed on lavoie, his skating isnt good enough to be a regular nhl player. obviously i would have liked them to trade him and get something back but it is what it is. i dont think he moves the needle for vegas in any way, maybe slightly less worse

 

[Canovin]

What a joke.

You could waive Perry and no team would pick him up. Losing Lavoie was avoidable

 

[Oilhawks]

Problems all around.
Worst goaltending duo, worst defense group, slow bottom 6 and J.Skinner hasn't looked good at all.
Mix in No cap space. Draft picks and sad management decisions.

Let's see how far McD can take us this year. Bottom 5 team without him.

A wee bit dramatic, especially the “worst goalie tandem (that just went to game 7 of the finals), D corps that is largely the same and perhaps improved once real games start. Agree the bottom 6 is old and slow but Lavoie wasn’t exactly making it any faster. Sucks losing Lavoie for nothing

 

[McShogun99]

On the bright side, if we win a Cup in the next few seasons then no one will even care that we lost Broberg, Holloway and Lavoie for practically nothing.

 

[JeffSkinner53]

Or more likely he’s just a player that isn’t ready for full time nhl action.

I spoke too soon. Lol.

Must be nice to have that newfound cap space.

Hopefully Gary doesn't read this board that will cost the oilers a draft pick

 

[McTonyBrar]

OILERS ARE GOING TO REGRET WAIVING LAVOIE WTF WERE THEY THINKING???

 

[Oilhawks]

OILERS ARE GOING TO REGRET WAIVING LAVOIE WTF WERE THEY THINKING???

definitely not thinking in all caps

 

[oobga]

Spec is guessing.

Spec hits the mark again. I mean 50ft wide of the target at someone else named Mark.

 

[iCanada]

What a joke.

You could waive Perry and no team would pick him up. Losing Lavoie was avoidable

I don't think Perry makes it past Anaheim, tbh.

 

[Tobias Kahun]

OILERS ARE GOING TO REGRET WAIVING LAVOIE WTF WERE THEY THINKING???

Probably more rationally than you do.

 

[JeffSkinner53]

Spec is guessing.

"I suspect" Mark has been shut out of anything beyond asking mundane questions

 

[Canovin]

I don't think Perry makes it past Anaheim, tbh.

Perry won't report. He wants to win a cup

 

[Oilhawks]

Spec hits the mark again. I mean 50ft wide of the target at someone else named Mark.

Insiderrrrrr

 

[AUAIOMRN]

You might say the Connor Brown contract from last year is a bigger problem? Could have matched on Holloway and had the roster space this year for Lavoie.

Or the J. Skinner contract if he doesn't get it together.

On the bright side, if we win a Cup in the next few seasons then no one will even care that we lost Broberg, Holloway and Lavoie for practically nothing.

That's not a bright side until it actually happens

 

[JeffSkinner53]

Mark's source- Jim Matheson

 

[McDoused]

"I suspect" Mark has been shut out of anything beyond asking mundane questions

I remember when Spector said we signed Larsson only to lose him in the expansion draft shortly after. This guy is clueless.

 

[oobga]

Vegas probably trolling us. Not even about the player. Our pool of youth that looks even remotely able to contribute at the NHL level is poor. Vegas making it even worse now. Keep finding ways to mess with your competition. May as well

 

[CycloneSweep]

Cause you had to keep Perry.

 

[yukoner88]

That claim by Vegas stings a tiny bit

 

[Hemsky4pm2]

Lavoie had a lot of chances to earn a spot. He is a classic one trick pony. He has a great shot, but this team has plenty of what he offers: 97, 29, 18, 93, Bouchard, Arvidsson, Skinner, Kane (when healthy), Henrique...

I expect him to be waived by Vegas eventually. He will be an excellent player in Sweden or the Swiss league someday.

 

[bucks_oil]

Problems all around.
Worst goaltending duo, worst defense group, slow bottom 6 and J.Skinner hasn't looked good at all.
Mix in No cap space. Draft picks and sad management decisions.

Let's see how far McD can take us this year. Bottom 5 team without him.

Ummm... as others have said, this is a bit overly dramatic.

As for cap space... that's just incorrect. We had $945K before Dermott, who I understand brings it to $845K. That projects to be about $4M in available AAV spend at the deadline. That's far more than what we had last year... where every dollar in needed a dollar out.

 

[Oilhawks]

Vegas probably trolling us. Not even about the player. Our pool of youth that looks even remotely able to contribute at the NHL level is poor. Vegas making it even worse now.

Random Vegas management stooge: “Kelly, our analytics department says there are better options for the waiver claim”

McRimjob: “But this Lavoie kid plays for the Oilers”

 

[LemmyUlanov55]

Wouldn't be shocked to see Lavoie back on waivers soon, I think this might be not as bad as it seems.
Why they want to start the season without a 13th forward is another question, though. Meh.