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Re: Pregame: Minnesota @ Edmonton (Game #24) [message #795592 is a reply to message #795590 ]	Tue, 07 December 2021 16:05

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RDOilerfan wrote on Tue, 07 December 2021 15:47

I guess we will find out then if other GM's think he has any value. The Oilers waived him so any GM could have had him for free but no one took what you are calling a serviceable dman that many teams could use. I am of the opinion that if a team thinks the way you do, giving up a 6th or 7th round pick which is basically nothing because its been proven based on decades of draft picks that the likelihood late round picks amount to anything at all is extremely unlikely, would be well worth it if he is indeed like you said. To me, if he is like you say he is, giving up a low round pick which in all likelihood will amount to nothing for a NHLer would be something a smart GM would jump at and look like a genius.

But I bet, that never happens and then at the end of this year when Lagesson refuses his qualifying offer assuming the Oilers even give him one at all. he will be a UFA, not get a single contract from any teams and it will be announced that he signs a multi year deal with one of the Swedish teams just like Nygard.

I am not an excuses person who comes here and quotes whatever information they can come up with and then when that doesn't work, defaults to "NHL GM's and coaches are too old school or dumb", I am a results person. If a guy can play and help the team win, then he will play. So if I happen to be wrong and Lagesson goes on to have a NHL career, I won't make up excuses, I will gladly admit I was wrong. So we shall see.

Time of year matters. If you want to get a player through waivers, sending him down when there's tremendous traffic on the wire at the end of the pre-season gives you your best chance. People generally are pretty happy with their bubble players at that point, so less likely to take a flyer on someone else's. By this point in the season, there's more chance of getting claimed. Injuries have generally started to take a toll on teams, some young players will have disappointed, all the junior guys will have been sent back. Just because you passed through waivers once, at the end of pre-season, doesn't mean you'd do it again.

There's been no shortage of players the Oilers gave up on or failed to develop who ended up as decent defencemen elsewhere, so I don't think it's any foregone conclusion that this race is won.

As I said, if I'm the Oilers, I'm letting the slight go and not reacting to it. I'm not in a hurry to give away a decent young defenceman for nothing if I can avoid it - especially when my normal d-corps includes Duncan Keith, Kris Russell and Slater Koekkoek. We'll also see if that happens.

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Pregame: Minnesota @ Edmonton (Game #24)	By: OilFans on Tue, 07 December 2021 02:00
Re: Pregame: Minnesota @ Edmonton (Game #24)	By: clutchlikeeberle on Tue, 07 December 2021 04:04
Re: Pregame: Minnesota @ Edmonton (Game #24)	By: RDOilerfan on Tue, 07 December 2021 09:12
Re: Pregame: Minnesota @ Edmonton (Game #24)	By: Adam on Tue, 07 December 2021 11:25
Re: Pregame: Minnesota @ Edmonton (Game #24)	By: NCREDiBLE on Tue, 07 December 2021 09:13
Re: Pregame: Minnesota @ Edmonton (Game #24)	By: RDOilerfan on Tue, 07 December 2021 09:30
Re: Pregame: Minnesota @ Edmonton (Game #24)	By: NCREDiBLE on Tue, 07 December 2021 09:45
Re: Pregame: Minnesota @ Edmonton (Game #24)	By: RDOilerfan on Tue, 07 December 2021 10:34
Re: Pregame: Minnesota @ Edmonton (Game #24)	By: RDOilerfan on Tue, 07 December 2021 10:40
Re: Pregame: Minnesota @ Edmonton (Game #24)	By: benv on Tue, 07 December 2021 10:57
Re: Pregame: Minnesota @ Edmonton (Game #24)	By: RDOilerfan on Tue, 07 December 2021 11:17
Re: Pregame: Minnesota @ Edmonton (Game #24)	By: Oilertime on Tue, 07 December 2021 12:05
Re: Pregame: Minnesota @ Edmonton (Game #24)	By: Adam on Tue, 07 December 2021 12:16
Re: Pregame: Minnesota @ Edmonton (Game #24)	By: Adam on Tue, 07 December 2021 12:10
Re: Pregame: Minnesota @ Edmonton (Game #24)	By: benv on Tue, 07 December 2021 12:20
Re: Pregame: Minnesota @ Edmonton (Game #24)	By: Adam on Tue, 07 December 2021 12:46
Re: Pregame: Minnesota @ Edmonton (Game #24)	By: RDOilerfan on Tue, 07 December 2021 14:36
Re: Pregame: Minnesota @ Edmonton (Game #24)	By: Adam on Tue, 07 December 2021 15:34
Re: Pregame: Minnesota @ Edmonton (Game #24)	By: RDOilerfan on Tue, 07 December 2021 15:47
Re: Pregame: Minnesota @ Edmonton (Game #24)	By: Adam on Tue, 07 December 2021 16:05
Re: Pregame: Minnesota @ Edmonton (Game #24)	By: Skookum Jim on Tue, 07 December 2021 16:13
Re: Pregame: Minnesota @ Edmonton (Game #24)	By: RDOilerfan on Tue, 07 December 2021 16:35
Re: Pregame: Minnesota @ Edmonton (Game #24)	By: Adam on Tue, 07 December 2021 17:09
Re: Pregame: Minnesota @ Edmonton (Game #24)	By: Oscargasm on Tue, 07 December 2021 18:47
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