Claimed off Waivers: [VGK] Golden Knights claim Raphael Lavoie off waivers from the Oilers - assigned to AHL

[Mike Jones]

Edmonton and Vegas should just draw up a custody agreement where Lavoie spends every other week in each city.

 

[Tommy Shelby]

 

[Saga of the Elk]

People will continue to mess with Edmonton for hiring Bowman when they were doing fine without him.

 

[oilers4life5]

This should be invested. Another team was colluding with Vegas.

 

[MMC]

I don't know how it makes "no sense", you're right that there are other potential reasons, but to completely rule out collusion as a possibility seems naive. We're what.. a year removed from a team lying about a player's no trade clause.

I mean even if you believe that that might’ve happened it I see no way the league would be able to prove it

 

[sepHF]

What a ridiculous rule

 

[oilers4life5]

NHL should at least do some due diligence here to see if it was collusion. It's kinda fishy someone else made a claim forcing Edmonton to put him back on Waivers but then let Vegas claim him back into the AHL.

We're obviously talking about the margins here, but Edmonton basically lost an AHL prospect for nothing. Feels like it could have been Vegas going "hey, we'll scratch your back if you scratch ours here"

This for sure happened.

 

[Korpse]

Calgary would've gotten him if they had put in a claim. It was one of Colorado, Boston, Vancouver, Winnipeg, Florida, Carolina, Dallas, or Rangers.

I think that Edmonton would have first priority because it was a player they lost on waivers. Could have been any other team.

 

[CupInSIX]

It was so hard to say goodbye.

Good thing they don't have to (today).


All this muss & fuss over a poor man's Pierre Dagenais?

 

[MMC]

This should be invested. Another team was colluding with Vegas.

I mean I hope so, that would be pretty funny

 

[CupInSIX]

This should be invested. Another team was colluding with Vegas.

Or Colorado was the team that put in the claim, and today they wanted the goalie.

 

[gifted88]

The whole point of waivers is to have NHL talent exposed for other NHL teams to take. It's not for re-stocking your farm system.
This is brutal for the Oilers. He should be forced to stay on Vegas's pro roster.

 

[hangman005]

Or Colorado was the team that put in the claim, and today they wanted the goalie.

I'd go with the last team we recieved "future considerations" from.... which would work on another level because they're just a bunch of jerks

 

[Jee]

Déjà vu

 

[CupInSIX]

Déjà vu

Not even Adam Brooks was this sought after.

 

[AUAIOMRN]

Déjà vu

Déjà Voie

 

[theslatcher]

I think that Edmonton would have first priority because it was a player they lost on waivers. Could have been any other team.

No, they wouldn't have first priority. Not how waivers work.

 

[Kegu]

The unveiling was more recent

The unveiling was still over 900 days ago. The punishment was announced just over a year ago sure, but you won't be able to convince me that Dorion was malicious, guy was just an idiot.

This should be invested. Another team was colluding with Vegas.

Or just as likely is another team did it to spite Edmonton.

 

[DavidHasselhoffsFist]

 

[JoeSakic13]

Vegas definitely spams uppercut in Mortal Kombat.

 

[ManofSteel55]

The whole point of waivers is to have NHL talent exposed for other NHL teams to take. It's not for re-stocking your farm system.
This is brutal for the Oilers. He should be forced to stay on Vegas's pro roster.

Exactly. The waiver system is to help NHL ready guys not stay buried in the system on stacked teams. If Lavoie is going to be in the AHL, it should be with Edmonton. If other teams want him, they should have to keep him in the NHL.

 

[Bottle Rocket]

I love when a situation that never happened before suddenly happens and we get to learn about how it truly works.

In this case waivers.

 

[Empoleon8771]

I'm super interested in hearing who put a waiver claim in on Lavioe yesterday but didn't put a claim in on him today. The only reason the Oilers weren't able to send him down is because someone else put in a waiver claim when they re-claimed Lavoie.

Would have been hilarious if it was Vancouver just screwing with the Oilers.

 

[WarriorofTime]

I love when a situation that never happened before suddenly happens and we get to learn about how it truly works.

In this case waivers.

Has this specific set of facts happened before?

 

[Korpse]

No, they wouldn't have first priority. Not how waivers work.

Yeah I can't really find any official source that states that. From what I can see it's a misconception that gets repeated that I've now contributed to. I should have been more clear that I wasn't confident in that or asked it as a question.