Player Discussion David Savard

[Tyson]

He was fine in the 1st game against Toronto. He had block of cement for feets against the Bruins and was still slow skating against the Sens too. The Penguins game was his worst at the decision making level so far.

So was the right move to trade Savard and keep Kovy ?

An argument can be made

 

[LaP]

An argument can be made

An argument can also be made that 31 teams slept on Mark Kastelic. Or maybe we can just wait January to come to those conclusions?

 

[HabsQC]

You believe Kovy would look good in this shitshow?

Never talked about looking good, but an argument could be made as if

Kovy > Savard

in this shitshow

 

[Habs]

Should have moved fatso last year when he somewhat had value, now he is going to fetch another one of the Pitlick boys at this rate.

 

[Sorinth]

Never talked about looking good, but an argument could be made as if

Kovy > Savard

in this shitshow

The bigger the shitshow the more important it is too have that veteran experience. Savard might have lower highs compared to Kovacevik but he's also going to have higher lows. So for this team I have little doubt that Savard is the better fit, and this is from someone who wanted us to keep Kovacevik as the 7th D and have Struble get sent down to start the year.

 

[HuGort]

I haven't watched any games so far and I see that Savard hasn't played very well. Has he had any good games?

Zero chance he gets extended like some suggested during the off season. Lot of mileage on him. Injuries and blocked shots. Moved at deadline is my prediction. Veteran D usually return overpayment at deadline

 

[Egresch]

I think we are facing quite a challenge with Savard. He was supposed to be a steady veteran presence and tutor& partner for Hutson, however in first 5 games he looked like the weakest link in our defense. He will turn 34 in few days and it looks like he regressed heavily. Overall, it complicates our D pairings a lot, because he is no longer able to cover for Hutson or Matheson. He was kept in 3rd pairing with Xhekaj who also lacks speed. He could work with Struble, but creates a hole as we need to play Barron with Matheson which is crazy pairing defensively.

His gap to league average speed for defenseman is growing and he is one of the slowest players in the league. Forget about extension or 1st at TDL, I still hope he can bounce back to solid level, but he will be not more than 3rd pairing for us.

 

[BLONG7]

I think we are facing quite a challenge with Savard. He was supposed to be a steady veteran presence and tutor& partner for Hutson, however in first 5 games he looked like the weakest link in our defense. He will turn 34 in few days and it looks like he regressed heavily. Overall, it complicates our D pairings a lot, because he is no longer able to cover for Hutson or Matheson. He was kept in 3rd pairing with Xhekaj who also lacks speed. He could work with Struble, but creates a hole as we need to play Barron with Matheson which is crazy pairing defensively.
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His gap to league average speed for defenseman is growing and he is one of the slowest players in the league. Forget about extension or 1st at TDL, I still hope he can bounce back to solid level, but he will be not more than 3rd pairing for us.

He is struggling.......5 games is such a small sample size, but yet he is a vet, so absolutely agree there are huge concerns here.