Tbh you’re looking waaaay too much into it. Wright’s contract and specific cap number is to optimize the Oilers’ cap situation with Kane LTIR
But this entire paragraph was entertaining to read lol
I’m not “looking”, or “reading into” anything at all. Lol.
It’s what they’re actually trying to do AGAIN..
Lavoie was literally put back on waivers today, with the intentions of him reporting to Henderson IF he clears. They never had any intentions of him playing in Vegas this week.
It’s flat out what their plan was, and it worked last year with Denisenko.
This is the shrewdest front office in the league..
They knew exactly what they were doing, and I’ll wager today, they’ll do it again next year to someone else. It’s a move we used to see years and years ago, but managers became too nice over the years.
They have nothing to lose trying to improve their AHL squad again this year, trying the same move that worked last year.
This was 100% planned.
We’re now gonna find out how much Edmonton really likes Lavoie or not. Teams have internal limits, contract plans, etc, etc. Vegas is banking that the Oilers signing of Wright yesterday, was only done because Vegas claimed Lavoie, so they gave HIS contract to Wright.
We’ll find out tomorrow. The Oilers already showed they were willing to put him on waivers and lose him. Are they now willing to have an extra contract, just to have him play in Bakersfield? We’ll see.
I think it’s great. GM warfare used to be fun like this. Back in the day, managers wouldn’t reclaim a player, even if they wanted to. They weren’t gonna let their rival GM dictate a personnel move. In this case, the reactionary signing of Wright, and I guarantee whoever Vegas tries doing this to next year, probably won’t be handing out an extra contract so fast. At least not for a few days. Lol.
The NHLPA loves it too. An extra player got an NHL contract out of this, if Edmonton reclaims Lavoie. This entire carrying of 43-45 players rather than 48-50, is a major concern for the NHLPA.