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Oilers waive Fayne for second time in as many seasons

Ales Hemsky, Andrej Sekera

Ales Hemsky, Andrej Sekera

AP

Edmonton has put veteran d-man Mark Fayne on waivers again.

Fayne, 29, has only appeared in one game this season, playing just 2:27 in a mid-October game against Carolina before exiting with an injury. That landed him on IR -- he did register an assist before getting hurt, though -- and it seems the plan is to now pass him through waivers, and send him to AHL Bakersfield.

(Unless, of course, another team claims him.)

In July of 2014, the Oilers signed Fayne to a four-year, $14.5 million deal, with then-GM Craig MacTavish calling him “a very good defender” that made plays “highly effectively.”

Roughly 17 months after inking that contract, Fayne fell out of favor with new head coach Todd McLellan, and saw his role drastically reduced. The former Devils rearguard averaged just 16:43 TOI last season, got waived in December, and appeared in 69 contests (and four for the Condors, his first AHL stint since the ’10-11 campaign).

Fayne has two years left on his deal, with an average annual cap hit of $3.625 million. Should he go to Bakersfield, he’ll add to Edmonton’s amount of money committed to players not on the active roster -- Andrew Ference remains on LTIR, Lauri Korpikoski was bought out (and is now playing for Dallas) while Anton Lander is also buried in the minors.