Says me, the person who’s watched him play every game since he’s been drafted.
By all means, you’re free to look at the numbers and base your opinion on that.
But when you actually watch this guy play, you’re going to be left wanting more.
Confirmed Trade: [BUF/EDM] Ryan McLeod and Tyler Tullio for Matt Savoie
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Says me, the person who’s watched him play every game since he’s been drafted.
By all means, you’re free to look at the numbers and base your opinion on that.
But when you actually watch this guy play, you’re going to be left wanting more.
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You can easily look back to the first pages and see these posts liked by Oilers fans. Don't be obtuse.
"Where are Oilers fans saying this?"
They're saying this here.
GRASPING AT STRAWS.
You are hilarious lol
No offense by the numbers tell an actual scientific story and your eyes tell you an opinion - I’ll stick to the multiple data based takes and not biased non scientific ones
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You can break hockey down into a science and stare at every chart and graph you want to for all I care
The fact is that the guy got out played by the likes of Derrick Ryan, Matthias Janmark, Connor Brown and Adam Henrique and was deemed expendable over all these other guys.
I don’t think he’s as good as the science is telling you, but we can agree to disagree
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Don't be dumb. OP asked where are the Oilers fans who are overrating Savoie. Very clearly some Oilers fans overrating him when he's being pegged as making the top 6 out of training camp & a Mercedes.
You literally asked where are the Oilers fans who are overrating him lmao?
I answered your question. Christ you're dense.
Don’t let anyone fool you, if Savoie was 2 inches taller he probably goes for at least double his current value. It’s the size league is trending back to power forwards. This is a win win for the sake of Sabres upgrading Krebs, and Edmonton getting insane value. However, Sabres will lose the trade long term barring injuries keeping Savoie down.
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Gotcha, you enjoy inventing bogeymen to fight with.
No one thinks he's going to be a roster player next season.
Guess that’s why most teams are paying
Major bucks to build and maintain their analytics staffs around the league…plus this is not one source saying this on him it’s multiple.
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Really no one? Except the comments pegging him on Drai's wing? Not making any sense here bucko
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This is Bergevin level bad. Panthers' asinine trade for Ben Chiarot's playoff resume was pretty awful but this is far beyond it. Edmonton has a lot quality players, one of them being the best player of 2000's. One shouldn't put too much weight on gritty 4th line warrior. Awful waste of a talent, no matter how glogged Sabres' top-6 might be. This is the return Buffalo got for one of their many wasted years.
I feel so bad for you. But it does feel kind of neat, when my team isn't paying part of these absolute bonkers dogshit trades Buffalo and LA has pulled lately.
I feel so bad for you. But it does feel kind of neat, when my team isn't paying part of these absolute bonkers dogshit trades Buffalo and LA has pulled lately.
I totally get that and I believe analytics have a place
But I’m telling you this from first hand experience. If you are expecting him to be a dominant 3rd line Centre, then you are going to be disappointed.
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In his first four playoff games Aki Berg got 3 assists. Guy was built for postseason hockey. He quit f'n around and became Cale Makar in Lindros' body. Too bad Kings fumbled with such a franchise altering talent.
Dominant? No. Useful compared to the filler they had on their third line? Sure.
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Edmonton and Buffalo are in very different stages.
Edmonton is looking to become a cup contender where as Buffalo is just looking to find player to insulate some of the rookies from joining the NHL too soon
I think the big disconnect between Oilers fans and Sabres fans here come from McLeods play in the playoffs.
Oilers are coming off a very long playoff run where every shift is magnified. Everything he did was under a microscope. He didn’t perform great.
Sabres fans don’t care. We haven’t seen the playoffs in 13 years. Quite a few posters legitimately have never coherently watched a Sabres playoff game.
His analytics for the regular season are pretty good. He will probably help the Sabres. It’s a big overpay. It’s even worse considering if we do make the playoffs - he probably won’t help that much.
Oilers are coming off a very long playoff run where every shift is magnified. Everything he did was under a microscope. He didn’t perform great.
Sabres fans don’t care. We haven’t seen the playoffs in 13 years. Quite a few posters legitimately have never coherently watched a Sabres playoff game.
His analytics for the regular season are pretty good. He will probably help the Sabres. It’s a big overpay. It’s even worse considering if we do make the playoffs - he probably won’t help that much.
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I think people are just expecting a 30ish point defensive C who can win some faceoffs.
