Confirmed with Link: Brandon Davidson going on waivers (Claimed by EDM)

[CauZuki]

it's like Niemi that nobody wanted anymore. He seems that he can do allright as Price's backup for a while. Stephane Waite knows him very well.

If by alright you mean he isn't actually playing then yeah he's "alright".

 

[Agalloch]

He changed his twitter to write oilers in his profile.

Brandon Davidson (@bdavy3) | Twitter

or he never changed it.

 

[Sterling Archer]

Was this on purpose since Avs play in the Pepsi Center?

No, just a saying but I do like the symmetry of it.

Also wonder if he goes back to Edmonton with them being short on D now.

 

[1909]

I'd rather have DD centering our 4th line than anyone else we have.

As long as DD would had been willing to accept a similar contract he got with the Rangers.

 

[ahmedou]

Humanly I admire him because he was able to fight cancer and pursue his dreams. Sportingly, according to me he doesn't have the level to be with us at all

 

[Tyson]

Shouldn't that have been obvious to Habs's pro scouting?

Good point but what did we expect for Desharnais? Shea Theodore?

 

[JohnnyB11]

Does he get claimed? And if he doesn’t, what does this mean for the seemingly crowded Laval D group?

 

[admiralcadillac]

Another Barginbin special that didn't work.

They got rid of Desharnais it worked just fine

 

[SlyIslands]

I'd rather have DD centering our 4th line than anyone else we have.

As long as DD would had been willing to accept a similar contract he got with the Rangers.

I wouldn't, Desharnais is crap

 

[Habs100]

Does he get claimed? And if he doesn’t, what does this mean for the seemingly crowded Laval D group?

I wouldn't mind sending Davidson to the ECHL. He's reached his ceiling as far as development is concerned so perhaps better to let other players keep their spots in Hamilton.

 

[Tyson]

I wouldn't mind sending Davidson to the ECHL. He's reached his ceiling as far as development is concerned so perhaps better to let other players keep their spots in Hamilton.

I think Davidson should replace Gelinas. Eric G has regressed to below the level of AHL Dman

 

[habsterr]

Poor kid; Still better than Streit.

 

[Mdamico]

Picked up Edmonton official.

 

[Pompeius Magnus]

More cap space for us I guess.

 

[Giacomo]

all teams know this. they will wait it out and take him off waivers. maybe buffalo, florida or edmontom

Like I said Edmonton took him

 

[Dominator13]

Thank God.

He skates like Doug Murray, but without the entertainment of a booming hit.

It's a much better option to call up Leirnhart if we have a need for a D.

 

[Habaneros]

Thank God.

He skates like Doug Murray, but without the entertainment of a booming hit.

It's a much better option to call up Leirnhart if we have a need for a D.

I don't see how this improves the Oilers....

 

[HabsDood]

 

[SquiddFX]

Sayonara. It was fun while it lasted.

 

[Adam Michaels]

Now his 1.425M is completely off the books. Habs now have 9.5M in space.

 

[No More Subban]

Wow Oilers mustve really missed him.

 

[FerrisRox]

Another Barginbin special that didn't work.

It sent David Desharnais away. It definitely worked.

 

[CauZuki]

Wow Oilers mustve really missed him.

Larsson is injured they don't have much of a choice.

 

[Souffle]

add it to the ever growing list of assets MB manages to downgrade to zero...

and yes, the move, today, is not a "bad" one. The issue continues to be a complete lack of planning and strategy, which keeps putting us in a situation where assets give us zero ROI.

Every team loses some assets for nothing, we just do it at a much larger pace under this management group, and that is not a positive organizational direction or standard.

I don't see Davidson as proof of any of this.

If anything, I think it tends to suggest the opposite of what you're saying, given that he was traded for useless Desharnais in his UFA year, and passed on the depth chart this season by a 19 yr old rookie, an AHL free agent, and a Europe free agent.

Bergevin traded trash for some insurance and serviceable depth on D. Now the team doesn't need either from Davidson -- because of other moves that look to be turning out okay, which made him beyond redundant at this point. Seems to have worked out just fine in the big picture.

 

[Adam Michaels]

Wow Oilers mustve really missed him.

From the what I recall, the only reason they traded him was because they felt he was going to get claimed by Vegas. So they traded him instead of losing him for nothing.

On top of that, they placed Larsson on IR. So they need D.