Do understand that 1.48 is solid but not exceptional at all. Good top line NHL prospects tend to put out between 2-2.5 ppg in the CHL leagues before moving up. He is still very much a long way away from that.
Do understand that since January - which I arbitrarily am calling the start of the second half of the WHL season - Savoie has played 27 games and has scored 63 points for an average of 2.33 ppg
When I read that post I immediately wondered what Savoie's PPG in the new year was. I knew it had to be over 2. Quite amusing.
Thanks for responding with data. I will have to pay more attention to how he finishes the year. I absolutely hate the NHL/CHL agreement, because if they take him to the NHL next year, they will not send him back to the AHL the year after that, even if that's where he should be. It's a terrible development path.
Same here relative to the NHL/CHL agreement. Especially how it applies to Savoie. He's currently in his 4th year of junior hockey, so next year will be his fifth. Developmentally, he's likely to experience no further growth by playing another year in junior. Unfortunately, one of his junior seasons - during the pandemic - was in the USHL, so it doesn't count. In another unfortunate circumstance, I thought I read somewhere that he was born something like 2 hours past midnight on January 1st of his birth year, so he just barely misses out on the age requirement. of being 20 by December 31st to be able to play in the AHL.
I think that if Savoie is not NHL ready next year, or if there isn’t space for him on the Sabres (a legit possibility), then there is no reason to think his development would be negatively altered by going back to Junior and being a centre piece on Canada’s World Junior team and on a championship calibre WHL team. There is no rush.
I think he was still recovering from that injury. Takes time to get in gear..
Haha wow. I pretty much rely on you and a few others for minors info. Bedard is going to be as good as they say he is huh?
He’s so good that people have convinced themselves the entire draft is elite.
Chain, since you watch the Ice so much, is Zloty a pro prospect? 2 years of elite production and decent size makes me wonder why no one took a flyer last year.
