I don't think you're going to lose him. He signed with Montreal to have his kids grow up in the province, it was a priority for him. He already won a cup with Tampa. If he leaves, it's retirement or the Habs let him go.
Player Discussion David Savard
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I don't think you're going to lose him. He signed with Montreal to have his kids grow up in the province, it was a priority for him. He already won a cup with Tampa. If he leaves, it's retirement or the Habs let him go.
Xhekaj on Savard:
“He’s in my corner. He’s the #1 guy in my corner. Every game. Every practice. I always look to him for advice…He’s always telling me to keep smiling no matter what. He’s the best guy to have on the team. He’s been a huge help for me.”
% why he needs to stay. Vets like this are hard to replace.
He shoved the hard rubber disk up thy arse, and that gent kicketh the bucket for the greater cause.
For me, there is no point of trading him at TDL anymore. You do not touch a well oiled machine and his leadership is key part of our sucess. However, I would not extend him as he is barely 3RD now and we have to heavily compensate his lack of speed. We should aim to acquire top 4 RHD and we should still keep a potential spot (short-term) for some of our prospects (Reinbacher, Engstrom, Mailloux).
He will stay unless HuGo get an offer that knocks them over.
Stays and signs on for another year I think.
One thing I have noticed is how much slower he has been recently. I may have to rethink my mindset on whether we should keep him or not
He's declined a lot this year but I'd still take him back next year to be the 7th D if he's interested. His age and lack of speed shows when he's playing 18-19 minutes a game, but when he only plays 14-15 minutes he is fine.
I'd rather have a veteran like him as the 7th D instead of having a younger guy like Struble sitting 3 weeks at a time.
I'd rather have a veteran like him as the 7th D instead of having a younger guy like Struble sitting 3 weeks at a time.
I'd be surprised if he's worth more than a 4th at this point. Rather use the retention on Armia at this point
Wonder if he would rather still play or just retire + become assistant coach/player development for us.
Has kids and said he'd love to stay here, so can see him being convinced.
