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

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I would love the Flames to claim him this time just to troll the Oilers
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That's $9500 a game ish. Are we sure he will play all games?



Seems it wasn't us, but yeah, if you waive him so soon, we're probably taking him after losing Schwindt and Rooney this week.
Get paid everyday that you are on the active NHL roster whether you play or not. Not done by games

Oilers care more about accruing cap space than they do about losing Lavoie.

They don't believe in him.
Lowetide was talking about it on his show. Problem is Lavoie is going to play bottom 6 more than likely 4th line, but he doesn't PK and can't play center.

Think the plan was/is get him in Bakersfield at the very least playing PK so that if he is called up he can bring something to the 4th line.
 
Is there anything stopping this from continuing all season? If Vegas and Edmonton both want him on their AHL team and a third team (say, NYR) wants him in the nhl - what’s stopping it from just being constantly “Edmonton waives, Vegas and NYR claim, Vegas wins, can’t send to minors because there was another claimant, Vegas waives, Edmonton and NYR Claim, Edmonton wins, can’t send to minors because there was another claimant… lather rinse repeat”
 
Another team must have put a claim in or Edmonton could've just sent him to the AHL
There’s only 1 team with a lower waiver priority than Edmonton and they currently have only 12 forwards on their active roster. It’s a safe bet that Lavoie is off to Florida tomorrow.
 
I guess someone other than Edmonton put in a claim for Lavoie?
Would have to be a case. Shame they couldn't just assign him to the new team if edmonton didn't want to keep him up instead of the perpetual waivers

I forgot kappo signed in winnipeg tbh. Hasn't seemed to make it click in terms of being a full time NHL tender
 
There’s only 1 team with a lower waiver priority than Edmonton and they currently have only 12 forwards on their active roster. It’s a safe bet that Lavoie is off to Florida tomorrow.
If Vegas puts in a claim again, can't they just send him to Henderson? Or does the 3rd team get priority?
 
There’s only 1 team with a lower waiver priority than Edmonton and they currently have only 12 forwards on their active roster. It’s a safe bet that Lavoie is off to Florida tomorrow.

Waiver order (before Nov 1) is just the previous regular season reverse standings order isn’t it? The order doesn’t change with playoff results like the draft order does, as far as I know.

Dallas, Winnipeg, Colorado, Vancouver, Carolina, NYR, Florida, and Boston would all be later in the order than Edmonton if that’s the case.
 
Get paid everyday that you are on the active NHL roster whether you play or not. Not done by games


Lowetide was talking about it on his show. Problem is Lavoie is going to play bottom 6 more than likely 4th line, but he doesn't PK and can't play center.

Think the plan was/is get him in Bakersfield at the very least playing PK so that if he is called up he can bring something to the 4th line.

Sorry, you're right. I meant every day they're earning the NHL salary, not necessarily games played. I assume the Oilers aren't obligated to keep him on the roster for the entire season if his play doesn't merit keeping him up.
 
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Can someone explain what is currently happening? As in: does every team get a shot at claimng Lavoie again... or just a limited few?
 
Is there a way to know if this team put in a claim when Lavoie was first put in waivers and was beaten out by Vegas?

Whether or not multiple teams submitted a claim rarely becomes public. For your specific question I’d expect the answer is No.

We usually only find out if multiple claims were submitted if that blocks the ability of a team to trade the player or send the player to the AHL after reclaiming off waivers.
 
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Yeah that’s what I thought.

So they are hoping the other team doesn’t want him anymore? Or did something come up in the last 24 hours that made Edmonton change their mind all together?
Maybe they just wanted to try to keep him from Vegas (a division rival). Claiming him back kept Lavoie from Vegas's AHL team, and now Edmonton know that Vegas already picked up someone else (Schwindt), and another team put in a claim, so they can be reasonably comfortable that they can waive him and he gets picked up by someone else (eg. Avs). Better a team outside the division have him than a division rival benefitting. Of course Vegas could also claim him back but that seems unlikely now.
 
Maybe they just wanted to try to keep him from Vegas (a division rival). Claiming him back kept Lavoie from Vegas's AHL team, and now Edmonton know that Vegas already picked up someone else (Schwindt), and another team put in a claim, so they can be reasonably comfortable that they can waive him and he gets picked up by someone else (eg. Avs). Better a team outside the division have him than a division rival benefitting. Of course Vegas could also claim him back but that seems unlikely now.
Apparently if Vegas claims him again they can send him to the AHL.
 

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