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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.

Things are definitely very tight around the league.

Just my opinion but Lavoie taking that extra 100K probably cost him a spot. The facts are he hasn't proven anything, never played a single NHL game, had a mediocre camp, only has 1/2 a season of decent AHl play under his belt and close too 2/3 of the NHL is either on LTIR or have their own cap problems. So a guy making an extra 100K when he is unproven and has questions marks, isn't worth the gamble.

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