<p>One of the weirdest waiver wire situations to grace the National Hockey League in years continues Friday, as for the second time this week, the Vegas Golden Knights have claimed Raphael Lavoie.</p>
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<p>But now, the saga has concluded, as since the Golden Knights were the only team to put in a claim on him Friday, they can assign him to their AHL affiliate, which they have since done.</p>
<p>For those just catching up, this is the third time Lavoie has been waived and claimed on the waiver wire this week.</p>
<p>To summarize:</p>
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<li>Sunday: <a href="https://oilersnation.com/2024/10/06/oilers-place-raphael-lavoie-josh-brown-on-waivers-loan-noah-philp-to-ahl-condors/">Placed on waivers by the Oilers</a></li>
<li>Monday: <a href="https://oilersnation.com/2024/10/07/golden-knights-claim-raphael-lavoie-off-waivers-from-oilers/">Claimed on waivers by the Golden Knights</a></li>
<li>Tuesday: <a href=".oilersnation.com/2024/10/08/raphael-lavoie-is-back-on-waivers-one-day-after-being-claimed-by-the-golden-knights/">Placed on waivers by the Golden Knights</a></li>
<li>Wednesday: <a href="http://oilersnation.com/2024/10/09/oilers-reclaim-raphael-lavoie-two-days-after-they-placed-him-on-waivers/">Claimed on waivers by the Oilers</a></li>
<li>Thursday: <a href="http://oilersnation.com/2024/10/10/waiver-carousel-continues-as-oilers-place-raphael-lavoie-on-waivers-once-again/">Placed on waivers by the Oilers</a></li>
<li>Today: Claimed on waivers by the Golden Knights</li>
</ul>
<p>The Oilers never wanted to lose Lavoie on waivers, Oilers GM Stan Bowman said on <em>Sports 1440&#8217;s The Jason Gregor Show</em> earlier this week.</p>
<p>“We weren’t looking to lose him, we were just trying to get him down to Bakersfield,” said Bowman. “He’s someone that, obviously, we’ve invested a lot of time with and I thought he had a good camp, he did a lot of good things.</p>
<p>“Sometimes, it’s a numbers game.&#8221;</p>
<p>Selected by the Oilers in the second round of 2019 draft, Lavoie&#8217;s development has been up and down for years, but his game seemed to find another level in the last two seasons with the franchise&#8217;s AHL affiliate. He racked up 53 goals and 95 points in 127 games, as well as developing his all-around game, listed by <em>Oilersnation</em> as the <a href="https://oilersnation.com/2024/09/19/edmonton-oilers-prospect-countdown-4-forward-raphael-lavoie/">fourth-ranked prospect</a> in the organization entering this season.</p>
<p>The Oilers opted to keep other forwards on the roster this season in Corey Perry, Derek Ryan, Mattias Janmark, Connor Brown and Vasily Podkolzin, all of whom make up five of six spots in the bottom-six. Lavoie, as Bowman mentioned above, had a strong pre-season for the club, scoring two goals in three games — one on the power play and one at five-on-five — as the team controlled the pace of play well with him on the ice.</p>
<p>Losing Lavoie leaves the Oilers with $1.05-million in projected cap space, <em>PuckPedia</em> highlighted Friday, meaning that by the trade deadline, the team can fit $4.8-million in cap hit to their books. The Oilers can also dip into their LTIR pool of $5,124,947, too.</p>
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<p><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Zach Laing is the Nation Network’s news director and senior columnist and makes up one-half of the DFO DFS Report. He can be followed on Twitter at</span></i> <a href="http://www.twitter.com/zjlaing"><span style="font-weight: 400;">@zjlaing</span></a><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">, or reached by email at zach@thenationnetwork.com.</span></i></p>
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One of the weirdest waiver wire situations to grace the National Hockey League in years continues Friday, as for the second time this week, the Vegas Golden Knights have claimed Raphael Lavoie.


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But now, the saga has concluded, as since the Golden Knights were the only team to put in a claim on him Friday, they can assign him to their AHL affiliate, which they have since done.

For those just catching up, this is the third time Lavoie has been waived and claimed on the waiver wire this week.

To summarize:
<ul>
 	<li>Sunday: <a href="https://oilersnation.com/2024/10/06/oilers-place-raphael-lavoie-josh-brown-on-waivers-loan-noah-philp-to-ahl-condors/">Placed on waivers by the Oilers</a></li>
 	<li>Monday: <a href="https://oilersnation.com/2024/10/07/golden-knights-claim-raphael-lavoie-off-waivers-from-oilers/">Claimed on waivers by the Golden Knights</a></li>
 	<li>Tuesday: <a href=".oilersnation.com/2024/10/08/raphael-lavoie-is-back-on-waivers-one-day-after-being-claimed-by-the-golden-knights/">Placed on waivers by the Golden Knights</a></li>
 	<li>Wednesday: <a href="http://oilersnation.com/2024/10/09/oilers-reclaim-raphael-lavoie-two-days-after-they-placed-him-on-waivers/">Claimed on waivers by the Oilers</a></li>
 	<li>Thursday: <a href="http://oilersnation.com/2024/10/10/waiver-carousel-continues-as-oilers-place-raphael-lavoie-on-waivers-once-again/">Placed on waivers by the Oilers</a></li>
 	<li>Today: Claimed on waivers by the Golden Knights</li>
</ul>
The Oilers never wanted to lose Lavoie on waivers, Oilers GM Stan Bowman said on <em>Sports 1440's The Jason Gregor Show</em> earlier this week.

“We weren’t looking to lose him, we were just trying to get him down to Bakersfield,” said Bowman. “He’s someone that, obviously, we’ve invested a lot of time with and I thought he had a good camp, he did a lot of good things.

“Sometimes, it’s a numbers game."

Selected by the Oilers in the second round of 2019 draft, Lavoie's development has been up and down for years, but his game seemed to find another level in the last two seasons with the franchise's AHL affiliate. He racked up 53 goals and 95 points in 127 games, as well as developing his all-around game, listed by <em>Oilersnation</em> as the <a href="https://oilersnation.com/2024/09/19/edmonton-oilers-prospect-countdown-4-forward-raphael-lavoie/">fourth-ranked prospect</a> in the organization entering this season.

The Oilers opted to keep other forwards on the roster this season in Corey Perry, Derek Ryan, Mattias Janmark, Connor Brown and Vasily Podkolzin, all of whom make up five of six spots in the bottom-six. Lavoie, as Bowman mentioned above, had a strong pre-season for the club, scoring two goals in three games — one on the power play and one at five-on-five — as the team controlled the pace of play well with him on the ice.

Losing Lavoie leaves the Oilers with $1.05-million in projected cap space, <em>PuckPedia</em> highlighted Friday, meaning that by the trade deadline, the team can fit $4.8-million in cap hit to their books. The Oilers can also dip into their LTIR pool of $5,124,947, too.

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<i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Zach Laing is the Nation Network’s news director and senior columnist and makes up one-half of the DFO DFS Report. He can be followed on Twitter at</span></i> <a href="http://www.twitter.com/zjlaing"><span style="font-weight: 400;">@zjlaing</span></a><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">, or reached by email at zach@thenationnetwork.com.</span></i>

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