Claimed off Waivers: Oilers claim Colby Cave

[LeonDraisaitl]

Went to high school with him. Hoping for him to succeed. Would be nice for his hometown. Where he is from the Oilers fans far outweigh Calgary/Winnipeg

 

[McSuper]

This is what their scouts "out en masse" came up with?

Chia getting even with Boston for his firing all while he f***s the team that is about to fire his ass .

Elon Musk may need a new star man . Chia is your man

 

[belair]

What's the point of this?

A bottom-six depth center. Someone to fill the void left by Strome's departure. It'll allow the Oilers to move Khaira back to the left wing where he actually produces.

A PPG this year in the A. He's worth a two or three game look.

 

[BruinsFan37]

Colby Cave board on Aleksander Barkov

In all seriousness he was serviceable for what he was, knew his role played it well, but nothing really outstanding to speak of. In otherwords a solid 4th liner on the right team. There just wasn't room for him on the roster once better players came off IR.

Not surprised he got claimed, too bad it was the Oilers though.

 

[Clint Eastwood]

He f***ing sucked. Hopefully he turns it around in EDM, but I won't miss him.

 

[thadd]

I really don't like Connor McGreggor... but who the **** is he?

 

[Dan403]

Why do the Oilers keep taking other teams trash?

How else do you build a Trash Team?

 

[PatriceBergeronFan]

Chiarelli is so awful at his job.

 

[PatriceBergeronFan]

For those interested, this cost Edmonton $56,250, paid to Boston and not counted against the cap.

Jacobs is celebrating no doubt.

 

[Smart Alek]

If Chia makes another bad trade the Oilers are dead to me until he is fired.

"I'm stayin' for the kids... but if he hits me one more time I swear to God I'm leaving!"

 

[Cancuks]

Now that the scoring woes have been addressed will the Oilers look to shore up their goaltending?

 

[north49er]

Now they have a cave & bear. What's next trading for a stone.

If they did it would be a Panik....

 

[ChaoticOrange]

"I'm stayin' for the kids... but if he hits me one more time I swear to God I'm leaving!"

‘He’s learned his lesson, this time will be different! I know he won’t trade any more stars for pennies on the dollar...’

 

[ChaoticOrange]

If they did it would be Panik....

Once upon a time there was a junior and minor league hockey player named Robin Big Snake.

He’s long retired, but...

 

[north49er]

Once upon a time there was a junior and minor league hockey player named Robin Big Snake.

He’s long retired, but...

Unfortunately, he never scored a lot.....

 

[General Disarray]

Ok NOW they must have the largest collections of waiver pickups/4th liners/AHL calibre players on their team.

 

[HawkeyTalkMan]

Watch him grow!

 

[Former Referee 68]

But it's a dude..

or does he only identify as a Male

 

[Alberta_OReilly_Fan]

he looks like a guy that can probably bounce around for 3-4 years of semi decent fourth line hockey... that's more than most the guys given icetime on the oilers bottom 6 in recent years

oilers need to dress more guys that make a consistent effort being defensively responsible. its a small start

 

[Talonted]

Ok NOW they must have the largest collections of waiver pickups/4th liners/AHL calibre players on their team.

And tied for a wildcard playoff spot. Other teams below the Oilers WTF are you doing?!

 

[Bank Shot]

As fun as it is to dump on the Oilers I don't have a problem with them claiming every scrub on waivers and giving them a few games. They need offense, and you honestly never know when a guy just needed a change, finds chemistry, or can be used more effectively and suddenly you get a free top 9 forward.

Hasn't happened yet but it will. Sooner or later someone is going to get top line minutes when all they ever got was defensive 4th line time and show they have the skill to be in the NHL.

No kidding. Making moves like these are no risk, potential for small reward.

All making a waiver claim costs is money, and if you aren't happy with the 13 forwards that you have it makes a lot of sense to keep rolling the dice on what's out there.

Every once in awhile a team pulls a guy like Grabner or Byron off waivers.

 

[SanDogBrewin]

PC should use Cave as part of a deal to get Eberle or Hall.

 

[Wiggleboom]

If you look up JAG in the hockey dictionary, Colby Cave is what you see.

 

[wintersej]

Hey he centered Marchand and Pastrnak when Bergeron went out! It um didn’t work out.

He might be a AAAA player. He might be a 4th liner.

 

[Dan Kelly]

And tied for a wildcard playoff spot. Other teams below the Oilers WTF are you doing?!

haa haa good one!!!