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Re: 2023 Training Camp [message #825783 is a reply to message #825782 ]	Tue, 10 October 2023 11:35

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Adam wrote on Tue, 10 October 2023 11:30

Kr55 wrote on Mon, 09 October 2023 20:55

RDOilerfan wrote on Mon, 09 October 2023 20:40

The absolute melting down some fans did about Lavoie being on waivers was both comical and sad. I am all for keeping prospects like him in the system. Maybe he can become a player some day but the fact is, he's only got 1/2 an OK AHL season but his overall AHL numbers don't jump off the page. There is questions about his NHL footspeed and his compete yet based on the reaction, you'd think they waived McD yesterday.

The even more comical part was the suggestion it was best to waive Janmark so Lavoie could stay. I know Janmark isn't a pull you out of your seat player but he's a legit NHL player capable of scoring 8-10 goals, be on your PK, plays multiple positions and plays a predictable, reliable level of bottom 6 hockey. Lavoie might one day be good but he could also be a teammate of Benson in 2 years for all anyone knows.

Think most of the annoyance is how our cap management put us in a situation of a 21 man roster, and 1 injury to a plug in pre-season forced us to risk waving some of the remaining useful players we have available if there are injuries.

Lucky so many other teams have cap issues, but we're up there as one of the most restricted on anything we can do now.

It's not like the Oilers decisions on waivers have ever burned them before, right? It has only been a couple of years since the Oilers put themselves in a tough position goalie-wise because they made an error on waivers.

In the end, it all works out okay for the Oilers. It is interesting to see the difference though between how the Oilers work, and how Vegas and Tampa work, as those teams work to maximize their cap space for the year with some paper transactions, just as the season starts.

In fairness, the Oilers were able to make some late summer transactions to maximize cap space last year with the LTIR moves (including the totally legit Mike Smith injury) and signing McLeod to a contract for the exact amount of space they had left. Somehow they've created a more constrained cap situation for this season, but I'm sure it'll all work out, they just have to get lucky with injuries or something.

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2023 Training Camp	By: Kr55 on Wed, 20 September 2023 10:11
Re: 2023 Training Camp	By: Adam on Wed, 20 September 2023 10:32
Re: 2023 Training Camp	By: CrusaderPi on Wed, 20 September 2023 10:39
Re: 2023 Training Camp	By: inverno76 on Wed, 20 September 2023 11:42
Re: 2023 Training Camp	By: RDOilerfan on Wed, 20 September 2023 12:17
Re: 2023 Training Camp	By: Kr55 on Wed, 20 September 2023 12:32
Re: 2023 Training Camp	By: RDOilerfan on Wed, 20 September 2023 12:41
Re: 2023 Training Camp	By: Kr55 on Wed, 20 September 2023 14:19
Re: 2023 Training Camp	By: CrusaderPi on Wed, 20 September 2023 14:45
Re: 2023 Training Camp	By: Dragon_Matt on Wed, 20 September 2023 14:54
Re: 2023 Training Camp	By: Kr55 on Wed, 20 September 2023 18:41
Re: 2023 Training Camp	By: Skookum Jim on Sat, 23 September 2023 12:53
Re: 2023 Training Camp	By: Kr55 on Sun, 24 September 2023 17:51
Re: 2023 Training Camp	By: Adam on Mon, 25 September 2023 12:26
Re: 2023 Training Camp	By: Kr55 on Tue, 03 October 2023 15:08
Re: 2023 Training Camp	By: Kr55 on Sun, 08 October 2023 12:22
Re: 2023 Training Camp	By: NetBOG on Sun, 08 October 2023 13:00
Re: 2023 Training Camp	By: Kr55 on Sun, 08 October 2023 14:28
Re: 2023 Training Camp	By: smyth260 on Mon, 09 October 2023 10:12
Re: 2023 Training Camp	By: inverno76 on Sun, 08 October 2023 13:16
Re: 2023 Training Camp	By: Skookum Jim on Mon, 09 October 2023 17:46
Re: 2023 Training Camp	By: CrusaderPi on Mon, 09 October 2023 18:00
Re: 2023 Training Camp	By: RDOilerfan on Mon, 09 October 2023 20:40
Re: 2023 Training Camp	By: Kr55 on Mon, 09 October 2023 20:55
Re: 2023 Training Camp	By: RDOilerfan on Mon, 09 October 2023 21:31
Re: 2023 Training Camp	By: Adam on Tue, 10 October 2023 11:30
Re: 2023 Training Camp	By: CrusaderPi on Tue, 10 October 2023 11:35
Re: 2023 Training Camp	By: Dragon_Matt on Tue, 10 October 2023 12:23
Re: 2023 Training Camp	By: inverno76 on Mon, 09 October 2023 20:55
Re: 2023 Training Camp	By: RDOilerfan on Mon, 09 October 2023 21:27
Re: 2023 Training Camp	By: RDOilerfan on Tue, 10 October 2023 12:39
Re: 2023 Training Camp	By: inverno76 on Wed, 11 October 2023 09:17
Re: 2023 Training Camp	By: RDOilerfan on Wed, 11 October 2023 10:27

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