Triumph
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- Oct 2, 2007
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It's worse than the Holtz/Schmid trade. Savoie is only 20 years old, drafted 9th overall in the 2022 draft. Two years and they gave up on a top prospect?
I will say that for every Filip Forsberg, there's 5 other former 1st rounders who teams gave up on 'too early' and they were right to do it. Buffalo is likely to understand Savoie's game better than any other organization at this juncture.
And given the scouting report on Savoie - small, slow sniper - I hope someone in Buffalo saw what Holtz went through here with Ruff and decided to pull the cord early. That said, you've got to get a 2nd round pick back in a deal like this.