Rumor: Rumors & Proposals Thread | Where's the Beef?

[Jimmi McJenkins]

So I know I'm late to the party (I've been really sick), and I should really read through a dozen pages in the waiver thread. But I'm lazy and I hope someone will help.

Can someone please summarize how VGK were able to take one of our waiver eligible players Lavoie, claim him and demote him to their AHL club?

I thought I knew how waivers worked... Basically if a player isn't good enough to make your NHL club, other teams have a chance to put him on their NHL roster. But if they claim him, he can't be sent to the AHL without clearing waivers. In which case, they would almost certainly be claimed and kept by their original team.

So I know there was a lot of back and forth. But if we wanted to put Lavoie in the AHL and couldn't without VGK claiming him back. How could VGK put Lavoie in the AHL without us claiming him back? Because they have higher waiver priority than us?

Perhaps my brain is too simple to understand the intricacies. But if VGK can claim a player off of waivers and put that player in their AHL system, why wouldn't everyone be doing this?

Couldn't SJS claim whoever they want from other NHL clubs and put them in their own AHL system? Basically steal everyone's overripe prospects?

I just don't get it.

First feel better yo.

2nd, as I understand it, if the team waives a player and their claimed, then the team that claims him waives him again, if that original team claims the player without any other claims, it's treated as if that player has "passed" through waivers and they can go to the AHL

If this situation, if Nucks or Avs hadn't f***ed the Oilers, the Oilers would have claimed Lavoie back, he would have been considered to have cleared waivers and could be sent straight to Bako.

Because there was another claim, the Oilers were required to either keep Lavoie in the NHL or waive him again, they did, Vegas claimed (without any other claims) him "back" so it's like he cleared waivers and he's in Hendo.

If that makes sense.

 

[jukon]

First feel better yo.

2nd, as I understand it, if the team waives a player and their claimed, then the team that claims him waives him again, if that original team claims the player without any other claims, it's treated as if that player has "passed" through waivers and they can go to the AHL

If this situation, if Nucks or Avs hadn't f***ed the Oilers, the Oilers would have claimed Lavoie back, he would have been considered to have cleared waivers and could be sent straight to Bako.

Because there was another claim, the Oilers were required to either keep Lavoie in the NHL or waive him again, they did, Vegas claimed (without any other claims) him "back" so it's like he cleared waivers and he's in Hendo.

If that makes sense.

So it's a bizarre loophole created by teams not making claims when VGK claimed, but making claims when we claimed?

 

[Jimmi McJenkins]

So it's a bizarre loophole created by teams not making claims when VGK claimed, but making claims when we claimed?

exactly that, had no one "tried" to claim Lavoie when the Oilers did, he would have "cleared" waivers and would be in Bako, but that "right (I guess you can call it)" passed to Vegas when the Oilers re-waived him.

 

[Soundwave]

exactly that, had no one "tried" to claim Lavoie when the Oilers did, he would have "cleared" waivers and would be in Bako, but that "right (I guess you can call it)" passed to Vegas when the Oilers re-waived him.

We should do the same in return to them, f*** both of them (Vegas and Colorado) on the waiver wire every time.

 

[backhandsauce]

A guy to keep an eye on is Mackenzie Blackwood.

I have time for him around the deadline...

 

[North]

I guarantee that Alvin the chipmunk GM in Van upgrades his top 4 before us. Their D is also terrible. Deharnais just got 1 game so far lol. Their goalies haven't been terribad

Van fans say that Desharnais was always meant to be a project. Two million per for a project? That’s not smart.

 

[Soundwave]

A guy to keep an eye on is Mackenzie Blackwood.

I have time for him around the deadline...

Sure, why not. Send Kostin back too plz.

 

[Jimmi McJenkins]

We should do the same in return to them, f*** both of them (Vegas and Colorado) on the waiver wire every time.

Without question, I agree completely.

 

[jukon]

exactly that, had no one "tried" to claim Lavoie when the Oilers did, he would have "cleared" waivers and would be in Bako, but that "right (I guess you can call it)" passed to Vegas when the Oilers re-waived him.

Could there have been any logic to why COL or VAN would submit a claim when we waive Lavoie but not when VGK waive him?

Or it can only be defined as just GMs messing around?

 

[North]

Could there have been any logic to why COL or VAN would submit a claim when we waive Lavoie but not when VGK waive him?

Or it can only be defined as just GMs messing around?

Apparently Colorado had some injuries so it could have been legit they put the claim in when we won it.

Then when we put Lavoie on waivers, the Jets put Kahkonen (spelling?) on waivers and Colorado claimed him because they need goaltending too.

 

[Jimmi McJenkins]

Apparently Colorado had some injuries so it could have been legit they put the claim in when we won it.

Then when we put Lavoie on waivers, the Jets put Kahkonen (spelling?) on waivers and Colorado claimed him because they need goaltending too.

Sure, but that's also a lie, because the order of who got first "dibs" on waiver claims was still set from last season, so Colorado was FULLY aware they weren't going to "win" this claim.

 

[Jimmi McJenkins]

If the Oilers wanted to add some toughness and crazy, Brendan Lemieux is on waivers & he makes league minimum.