Liam Reddox Leaves Team

by Jonathan Willis on Jul 15, 2009 4:07 PM MDT in News

Liam Reddox

#85 / Left Wing / Edmonton Oilers

Height: 5-10

Weight: 180

Born: Jan 27, 1986

	GP	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	SHG	GWG	GTG	SOG	PCT
2008 - 09	46	5	7	12	-6	10	1	0	0	0	39	12.8

According to TSN.ca, Liam Reddox has rejected his qualifying offer from the team and is likely to play in Europe next season.

Reddox was a subject of derision for many fans after Craig MacTavish used him over more popular prospects, but he's an impact player in any league other than the NHL and outpaced many of Springfield's best offensively while contributing solid two-way play. Kelly Buchberger called him Springfield's Ryan Smyth and after a solid debut in a bottom-six role, Reddox looked like he could carve out an NHL career.

The departure of MacTavish and hiring of Pat Quinn was bad news for Reddox as an Oiler, and I wonder if he was told that he'd likely spend most of next season in Springfield.

This is a minor move, but surprising all the same, and unfortunate for organizational depth. I know a lot of people will react with indifference, but I'm in agreement with the minority who think Reddox could have been a legitimately useful bottom-six player in a few seasons.

As for why he left, I think it's pretty simple, and it's probably got nothing to do with hating Edmonton, or unchecked rapacity, or any of the other familiar themes trotted out time and again. The difference between what is likely to be a six-figure salary in Europe versus a five-figure salary in the AHL is both obvious and sufficient motivation.

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great….not kidding..really great. wouldnt have had much trade value and also we wont have to spend another contract.

by SumOil on Jul 15, 2009 7:53 PM MDT reply actions

Best of luck to Reddox

To date, the most successful prospect to register any significant amount of time in Stockton. He was a joy to watch. A real spitfire on the ice.

I'm a happy seal

by SwisherThresher on Jul 15, 2009 7:58 PM MDT reply actions

The first time I heard, my response was “so what? Nobody ever accepts their QO.”, but I doubt TSN would report it if there wasn’t more to it than that.

This news certainly doesn’t hurt the Oiler roster much, if at all, but he’s still a guy who’s handy to have around (much like Toby Petersen was). You can trust him in your lineup, he isn’t a huge cap hit when he’s sitting in the pressbox, and if you send him to the minors, he makes the Falcons a better team. Aside from being a +1 to the total contract limit, where’s the downside of having him in the system (and even then, he can’t be the 50th best player we’d have under contract)?

by ykmisfit on Jul 17, 2009 12:49 PM MDT reply actions

50th best player

That would be Bryan Pitton, for two more years.

A posse ad esse.

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