Claimed off Waivers: [VGK] Golden Knights claim F Raphael Lavoie off waivers from the Oilers

[VeteranPresence]

Lavoie, Broberg, Holloway, McLeod lost and replaced with busts in Ebenstrom and 4th liner at best Podkolzin
I sure do like Oilers new GM, worst than even Holland. Take a bow Bowman

Is it weird to build your entire online identity around hating a specific team? Just asking.

 

[Czechboy]

Of all the young players Edmonton has given up on I can't recall a single one that has pissed a drop on another team. Not like the days of losing Miroslov Satan and

1. Ethan Bear
2. Yamamoto
4. Lagesson
5. PUljujarvi
6. Caleb Jones

Jury is out on.
1. Reid Schaffer - Young, still lots of deliberation
2. Kesselring - I hear he's done quite will for himself in Arizona so maybe him?
3. Holloway - I'm really interested to see how he does with a much weaker forward depth team. Unique circumstance though.
4. Broberg - Another player I'm interested to see for obvious reasons. Unique circumstance though.
5. Bourgault - I'd be surprised if he amounts to anything in the NHL.

This list is more of a shot at Edmonton's piss poor drafting and development. They've sucked balls at it for the last 20 years.
We produce shit.. you should stay away from our young players haha.

I really can't argue any of this.lol

We used to rush them and ruin them.. then we overipened them and ruined them. Yak, MPS, Schremp, Omark - yeah, we really do have a lot of misses.

 

[Three On Zero]

End of the Lavoie era, start of the Savoie era.

 

[Bounces R Way]

Always looked like a lazy mfer to me but maybe he's finally got his head on straight if he had a good camp. Tough to break into this league with heavy boots.

 

[seafoam]

Probably hurt that he wasn't a Bowman pick.

 

[Raistlin]

End of the Lavoie era, start of the Savoie era.

Did he make the team?

Savoie - Ryan - Arvidsson

would be the first sub 5'10 line in a long while.

 

[DudeWhereIsMakar]

This era of NHL is going to be way harder for players to make NHL clubs.

 

[North]

Always looked like a lazy mfer to me but maybe he's finally got his head on straight if he had a good camp. Tough to break into this league with heavy boots.

He had an okay camp but he was hampered by an injury towards the end of it.

 

[MoneyManny]

I remember some beat writers in Montreal being really high on this kid trying to get the Habs to pick him at 15 because he speaks French. Glad we went with Caufield.

 

[bert]

RNH - McDavid - Hyman
Skinner - Draisaitl - Arvidsson
Janmark- Henrique - Brown
Podkolzin - Ryan - Perry

That bottom 6 is complete ass, slow and amongst the bottom 5 in the league, and the 2nd line is going to get ventilated defensively. Draisaitl had a negative plus-minus the year he won the art ross! That first line is scary though.

As a neutral fan how drunk are you to call that third line slow? Ventilated?

 

[TheBeard]

This is basically how Vegas is gonna have to operate for the next couple years. Guys like Holtz and Savoie and Olafsson for pennies on the dollar instead of just making it rain on other teams with picks and prospects. The equivalent of spending your entire paycheck at the stripclub on the Friday night and eating ramen for the next 13 days.

 

[Mr Positive]

I remember some beat writers in Montreal being really high on this kid trying to get the Habs to pick him at 15 because he speaks French. Glad we went with Caufield.

Well you could have had them both! Tbh most Oiler fans figured the Habs would nab him

I wonder if Raph will actually hit the ice for the Knights or if they try him out as a 13th forward in practices

 

[Joe Rogan]

As a neutral fan how drunk are you to call that third line slow? Ventilated?

That line is not slow, granted. However it has 2 players who each had 12 points in 71 games last season. For a 3rd line , that is absolutely shit and not up for debate

 

[bert]

That line is not slow, granted. However it has 2 players who each had 12 points in 71 games last season. For a 3rd line , that is absolutely shit and not up for debate

0 context and a terrible evaluation. Brown was coming off ACL surgery, calling him a 12 point player is lazy or disingenuous. You saw the type of player he is in the playoffs.

 

[Senor Catface]

Swing and a miss.

But hey, Max is great.

 

[Seanaconda]

I was thinking about that earlier, and can't remember - did I do it just for the regular season, or did I count preseason?

I'm not sure tbh it may have been during the season only , then my mistake

 

[CupInSIX]

Well you could have had them both! Tbh most Oiler fans figured the Habs would nab him

I wonder if Raph will actually hit the ice for the Knights or if they try him out as a 13th forward in practices

They usually don't insert waiver pickups into the lineup right away. It's more to do with having 3 SPC slots (before ZAR was claimed) and being desperate for a winger & a C in the system over 22 years of age.

Wouldn't be surprised if they claimed another player & tried to sneak Schwindt to Henderson on waivers.

 

[Bank Shot]

He just turned 24 two weeks ago. Drafted 38th overall by the Oilers in 2019. Oilers mgmt doing a great job cleaning out their young prospect cupboard. Probably just figured, due to his young age, he just wasn't a good fit in the locker room. 40 year old Perry just couldn't relate to him.

I guess we will see if the oilers Valimaki themselves with this move. Probably won't be able to shoot themselves in the foot at the Flames level but we will see.

 

[ManofSteel55]

He just turned 24 two weeks ago. Drafted 38th overall by the Oilers in 2019. Oilers mgmt doing a great job cleaning out their young prospect cupboard. Probably just figured, due to his young age, he just wasn't a good fit in the locker room. 40 year old Perry just couldn't relate to him.

Wouldn't you say this is more of an "aging out" than a "cleaning out"? Once they are waiver eligible, they aren't exactly prospects. They're guys who have made it, guys who haven't, and a very small number of guys like Lavoie who still might make it somewhere, but didn't get a shot.

 

[uncleben]

I'm not sure tbh it may have been during the season only , then my mistake

Nah, all good! I think you're probably right

I'll start adding the tally again

 

[VeteranPresence]

That line is not slow, granted. However it has 2 players who each had 12 points in 71 games last season. For a 3rd line , that is absolutely shit and not up for debate

I do actually agree with this criticism. It's why I hoped the Oilers could build a third scoring line around Henrique, Kane and Savoie/Lavoie (or a vet like Hoffman) while deploying Janmark + Brown on a more defensively oriented fourth line. However with Kane on LTIR and Savoie + Hoffman not making the cut (oh, and Lavoie now gone) that dream is pretty much crushed until the playoffs.

We'll see what happens but I would not be shocked if the team regrets not keeping scoring winger depth around for this exact reason sooner rather than later.

 

[GOilers88]

Lavoie, Broberg, Holloway, McLeod lost and replaced with busts in Ebenstrom and 4th liner at best Podkolzin
I sure do like Oilers new GM, worst than even Holland. Take a bow Bowman


They need more old guys like Perry to win the cup. I heard Todd Bertuzzi might come out of retirement. Would be a perfect fit for Oilers

Who the f*** is Ebenstrom?

It's also amusing that you're one of those goombas who constantly shits on the Oilers for being a one man show, and are now shitting on them for moving on from players who you've consistently ragged on in the past for not being good.

Like, which is it? Can you even breathe with your head lodged up there?

 

[Cup or Bust]

He probably had his best camp but outside of having a good shot he really hadn't shown enough that he could be an effective bottom 6 forward. Maybe with the right opportunity who knows but unlike a player like Noah Philp he didn't show enough of a toolbox to really earn a spot on the team. Philp got sent down but I am sure he will be back on the Oilers soon.