It should be beginning to really feel like déja vu another time for Raphaël Lavoie.
In a transfer that conjured pictures of the Invoice Murray film Groundhog Day, the place the primary character lives the identical day over and over, the 24-year-old Lavoie discovered himself again on the NHL waiver wire on Thursday, positioned there by the Edmonton Oilers. Once more.
The transfer got here at some point after the Oilers claimed Lavoie off waivers from the Vegas Golden Knights, and three days after the Oilers positioned him on waivers the earlier time … solely to lose him to the Knights.
Edmonton re-signed Lavoie to a one-year, two-way contract price $775,000 in July and was attempting to get cap compliant head of the season when it risked the ahead getting claimed on Monday. The Oilers have gotten him again, however may lose him once more.
The 24-year-old from Chambly, Que., spent the vast majority of final season with the Oilers’ AHL affiliate, the Bakersfield Condors, and registered 28 objectives and 50 factors in 66 video games.
Lavoie additionally made his NHL debut and suited up for seven video games with Edmonton.