Prospect Info: Bakersfield Condors '23-'24 Thread

[Tobias Kahun]

Uh … maybe call Lavoie up?

Lets not get carried away here, this is the Oilers we're talking about.

Who's on the 4th line, they deserve the call up first.

 

[MoontoScott]

Holland's remarks about Lavoie in the pre-season pretty much tells me that he's unimpressed with him but I note that Holland (as a player) was a fringe major leaguer and pretty small by NHL standards ---even in those days. Thus, I think he has a soft spot for smaller guys who are on the periphery.

Meantime, 6'4" Lavoie has 4 goals in 5 games and looks like he can fight too. Can't have that on the Oilers.

 

[Bryanbryoil]

Lavoie could replace the ES goal scoring that we lost when we moved Kostin. We have a team full of passers and plumbers but this guy has an exceptional shot and he can score it in a number of ways. Instead we have Adam Erne who isn't even dropping the gloves or stirring the pot. Kane is doing his job and playing top 6 minutes. The question is does Woodcroft have a beef with Lavoie? Seems like a case of talent being wasted in the AHL IMO.

 

[McDNicks17]

Hey, remember Holland wants Lavoie to play minutes.

That clearly can’t be on the big club. No opportunity there. It’s not like they’ve got a career bottom sixer or anything on the top line…

 

[Bryanbryoil]

Hey, remember Holland wants Lavoie to play minutes.

That clearly can’t be on the big club. No opportunity there. It’s not like they’ve got a career bottom sixer or anything on the top line…

I don't mind Janmark as a 4th liner but for the most part our bottom 6 has been ass. Ryan looks washed, Erne has been invisible, McLeod has been poor, Holloway has had glimpses but nothing to show for it, etc. Shake the damn team up by sending Erne down and calling up Lavoie ffs.

 

[Bryanbryoil]

Anyone watching the games? If so how has Gagner's skating looked?

 

[Fourier]

Hey, remember Holland wants Lavoie to play minutes.

That clearly can’t be on the big club. No opportunity there. It’s not like they’ve got a career bottom sixer or anything on the top line…

The Oilers don't need another goal scorer. They are already 27th in the League in goals for.

Seriously though, this team needs to give their kids a chance. At the very least inject some enthusiasm in the team.

 

[alphahelix]

Im all for Lavoie but I do think he could work his way up to a + at ES in the AHL before we bust out the pitchforks on his behalf. He could help PP2 today but thats like 2 minutes a night tops. Gotta come out on top of AHL matchups to earn real NHL ice.

 

[Stealth1616]

Im all for Lavoie but I do think he could work his way up to a + at ES in the AHL before we bust out the pitchforks on his behalf. He could help PP2 today but thats like 2 minutes a night tops. Gotta come out on top of AHL matchups to earn real NHL ice.

Yup Lavoie has not had a full season where he has put it all together. Last year seems he had a hot end to the year.

Looks promising that he has taken that next step and if so he will earn a call up shortly

 

[Senor Catface]

Yup Lavoie has not had a full season where he has put it all together. Last year seems he had a hot end to the year.

Looks promising that he has taken that next step and if so he will earn a call up shortly

He actually slowed down a bit at the very end. He had about 5/6 points in his last 10 games.

Rather, after his slow start ended, he had 43 points in 48 games. I think that's a bit longer than a hot end, no?

 

[Bryanbryoil]

He has only played 2 games but Olivier Rodrigue has the best save % in the AHL right now with a gaudy 0.968 save %.

Taking this one step farther he and Calvin Pickard had identical 0.912% save %'s last season. I think that it's time that Rodrigue starts getting the lions share of the starts and is seen as our #3 goalie.

 

[Senor Catface]

Im all for Lavoie but I do think he could work his way up to a + at ES in the AHL before we bust out the pitchforks on his behalf. He could help PP2 today but thats like 2 minutes a night tops. Gotta come out on top of AHL matchups to earn real NHL ice.

He hasn't had a minus season since he entered the league, I'm pretty sure.

 

[alphahelix]

He hasn't had a minus season since he entered the league, I'm pretty sure.

he actually is a +1 after last night but still not exactly burning the league down. Most of his points are on the PP

 

[Senor Catface]

he actually is a +1 after last night but still not exactly burning the league down. Most of his points are on the PP

The good news is that usually hasn't been the case, with 34 of his 43 goals his first few years coming EV. So, I bet we'll see some more even-strength goals soon.

 

[joestevens29]

He has only played 2 games but Olivier Rodrigue has the best save % in the AHL right now with a gaudy 0.968 save %.

Taking this one step farther he and Calvin Pickard had identical 0.912% save %'s last season. I think that it's time that Rodrigue starts getting the lions share of the starts and is seen as our #3 goalie.

Did they change their system down there this year? Seems that last year the team had issues keeping the puck out of the net, but this year they are doing real well.

 

[Bryanbryoil]

Did they change their system down there this year? Seems that last year the team had issues keeping the puck out of the net, but this year they are doing real well.

No idea, could be because maybe they have an older D group this season? Gleason is a big add as well.

 

[Giggleplex]

 

[Jimmi McJenkins]

Call him the f*** up

 

[CantHaveTkachev]

yup its time for a callup...the bottom 6 is useless right now

 

[Rafters]

Call him the f*** up

Gotta percolate

 

[Behind Enemy Lines]

That's awesome to see Lavoie start the season motivated, hungry and productive. Let me play huge minutes and continue to rip AHL competition a new one for 10-15 games and evaluate where the big team depth guys are at. No use giving a scoring one shot guy the Erne treatment on an NHL roster.

Very early on, Lavoie is controlling what he can to force his way upward at some point in the season. I see more Gagner or Pederson as early end of roster yo yo type players if/when Woodcroft wants to tinker with fourth line guys.

 

[Lay Z Boy GM]

yup its time for a callup...the bottom 6 is useless right now

Idk who it was on Gregor today, some older media guy. He was writing off calling up Lavoie with his logic being Lavoie “isn’t a bottom 6 player”. Wtf does that even mean? We need scoring in the bottom 6.. nobody is scoring. Meanwhile we’ve got a hungry 6’4 one shot scorer that is willing to fight.. too much boomer logic (sorry boomers)

 

[belair]

Idk who it was on Gregor today, some older media guy. He was writing off calling up Lavoie with his logic being Lavoie “isn’t a bottom 6 player”. Wtf does that even mean? We need scoring in the bottom 6.. nobody is scoring. Meanwhile we’ve got a hungry 6’4 one shot scorer that is willing to fight.. too much boomer logic (sorry boomers)

How does Lavoie score his goals? Is it realistic to think that he's going to see the same opportunities playing on a fourth line?

One shot scoring is fine, but those shots need to come from good locations. Even Holloway is struggling to find that space with regularity.

Chiasson scored his goals in the same manner. But the moment he wasn't seeing regular shifts in a scoring role, he's out of the league in a couple years.

 

[alphahelix]

How does Lavoie score his goals? Is it realistic to think that he's going to see the same opportunities playing on a fourth line?

One shot scoring is fine, but those shots need to come from good locations. Even Holloway is struggling to find that space with regularity.

Chiasson scored his goals in the same manner. But the moment he wasn't seeing regular shifts in a scoring role, he's out of the league in a couple years.

Chiasson had a pretty long career for a 4th liner

 

[Bryanbryoil]

Idk who it was on Gregor today, some older media guy. He was writing off calling up Lavoie with his logic being Lavoie “isn’t a bottom 6 player”. Wtf does that even mean? We need scoring in the bottom 6.. nobody is scoring. Meanwhile we’ve got a hungry 6’4 one shot scorer that is willing to fight.. too much boomer logic (sorry boomers)

Simple solution, drop Brown to the 3rd line and play Lavoie in the top 6.