The re-re-claim today placed the Vegas Golden Knights in the same boat that the Edmonton Oilers were two days ago. If nobody else put in a claim they would be free to assign Lavoie directly to the Henderson Silver Knights of the AHL.
That’s not what happened on Wednesday when a team further down the pecking order (which is in reverse order of last season’s standings) also put in a claim on the big winger. That forced the Oilers to keep him on the roster for a day, then try a second time to waive him.
But on Friday, no competing claim was filed, according to Elliotte Friedman: