Confirmed with Link: [EDM/BUF] McLeod + Tullio for Matt Savoie

[Davo Ikinzom]

Laughing at TheNumber4 selling Buffalo fans a false bill of goods about McLeod.

That's just cruel man, they gave up a 9th overall for a cap dump.

 

[guymez]

https://x.com/i/web/status/1809335236075090223

The scouting reports are really strong but that may be the biggest concern for Savoie at the NHL level.
He is a smallish player so can he stand up to the grind in the NHL?
Apparently Buffalo doesnt think so.

 

[Jumptheshark]

Buffalo fans do not seem too happy. Maybe the team saw something in him that they did not like?

 

[McDNicks17]

I feel way more sorry for the Buffalo fan that was excited to get a guy who "is a pain in the ass to play against" in McLeod than the LA fan that thinks Foegele is a physical defensive forward.

 

[FlameChampion]

Buffalo fans do not seem too happy. Maybe the team saw something in him that they did not like?

Their board is actually more mixed about the trade than I thought it would be. Only about half of them hate it. I think the other half are just impatient and want to see Adams make moves.

In fairness, it does seem like Buffalo keeps drafting the same type of forwards.

 

[La Bamba]

Laughing at TheNumber4 selling Buffalo fans a false bill of goods about McLeod.

That's just cruel man, they gave up a 9th overall for a cap dump.

I gotta respect his hustle. Now he needs to work on Ceci’s reputation

 

[Oilhawks]

Who cares. Ryan will play pK, and play 4th line ca 4-5 min a game. With two much quicker players

Thinking about it more, I could see Hamblin taking Ryan’s spot anyhow. I think a lot of people were sleeping on him, he was a solid bottom 6 player last season and I think Knob will give him a fair shot

 

[McDNicks17]

It feels like some people talk about Savoie like he's 5'3'' 112lbs or something haha

He's listed at 5'10'' 176lbs. With a summer of training, he could hit Bako at 5'10'' 185lbs. That isn't huge, but definitely not something out of the norm for a 20 year old.

 

[oobga]

Buffalo is a team you can definitely take a chance on that they are not handling or developing a player well. Zito smoked them on Montour. Eichel cup as soon as he escapes. Examples keep doing on and on. One of the consistently worst managed teams ever. They left the decade of darkness Katz Oilers in the dust some time ago.

 

[CROTT]

It is interesting how those on here were saying they thought they would just get a late pick to take McLeod with his salary and then think that the addition of Tullio had NOTHING to do with get the package of Savoie they did.

For me its people under valuing McLeod, and to some extent over valuing M. Savoie who is still an unknown at the NHL level and on the small side like Yamamoto was/is. M. Savoie and Yamamoto play different offensive styles with Savoie being more high end skill play driving and Yamamoto being more of a net front/finisher and supporting play (in Junior) but they will face the same challenge of size.

As for Tullio, much like C. Savoie his offensive development stagnated and that couldn't have helped his value.

 

[K1984]

Buffalo is a team you can definitely take a chance on that they are not handling or developing a player well. Zito smoked them on Montour. Eichel cup as soon as he escapes. Examples keep doing on and on. One of the consistently worst managed teams ever. They left the decade of darkness Katz Oilers in the dust some time ago.

Some teams start spiralling a bit when rebuilds don't go as planned and then it just snowballs. After 3/4/5 years fans get antsy, ownership gets antsy, everyone is sick of losing and then attempts to fix everything start happening, but it just ends up worsening the problem. Honestly, if we didn't land McDavid we might still be in that cycle with them.

This smells a lot like a "we need depth now, not another scoring prospect!" type deal, which isn't necessarily a bad idea. They just didn't trade the correct prospect for the correct player.

 

[Oilhawks]

Nuge as 3C and Henrique as 4C

Yeah, definitely an option too, especially if Savoie makes the team as a top 6 winger. Henrique as 4C is an absolute embarrassment of riches

 

[TopShelfGloveSide]

We were basically all ready to move on from McLeod after his weak effort in the playoffs, and JJ the freaking god somehow got Savoie?!!

I thought we were going to dump him for like a 2nd rounder.

 

[TheNumber4]

Gotta watch some video of this Savoie kid. Hope we got a good one.

 

[On The Prowl]

McLeod will probably help Buffalo with his skating and PK ability, but he is one of the softer players in the NHL and you could see at times he was intimidated out there. Unbelievable how good the offseason has been so far, now just upgrade the defense!

 

[BoldNewLettuce]

in a way things come full circle in the sense that Savoie might be worth a mid/late 1st and a 2nd (Griffin Reinhart) and McLeod might be worth Griffin Reinhart (and Tulio? somehow).

 

[Louis Cypher]

For me its people under valuing McLeod, and to some extent over valuing M. Savoie who is still an unknown at the NHL level and on the small side like Yamamoto was/is. M. Savoie and Yamamoto play different offensive styles with Savoie being more high end skill play driving and Yamamoto being more of a net front/finisher and supporting play (in Junior) but they will face the same challenge of size.

As for Tullio, much like C. Savoie his offensive development stagnated and that couldn't have helped his value.

Savoie is 2" taller and 25 lbs heavier than Yamo.

 

[nexttothemoon]

Made cap space and got the #1 prospect from another club while doing it... calling this anything but a win is nothing but being biased against the Oilers... and there's obviously a LOT of people out there biased against the Oilers,

So far this off-season has been pretty, pretty good.

 

[McJeety McJeet]

I like the trade on paper but I don’t like D Ryan pencilled in as the 4C. Hopefully a cheap 4C signing is also lined up

He'll be just fine, and the Oilers can upgrade at the deadline.

 

[BoldNewLettuce]

Also he should step right in for Petrov when he goes pro

 

[TheNumber4]

I wouldn’t have taken 1st for Mcleod. So a 1st round high pedigree prospect makes sense to me.

Savoie sounds undersized though. He better be way more skilled than Yamo. Sounds like he is though.

 

[GhostfaceWu]

This should be good for bourgault as well.

 

[McDNicks17]

I wouldn’t have taken 1st for Mcleod. So a 1st round high pedigree prospect makes sense to me.

Savoie sounds undersized though. He better be way more skilled than Yamo. Sounds like he is though.

Savoie is 3" and 25lbs bigger than Yamo already haha.

 

[Ritchie Valens]

How has JJ’s summer been?

Kinda like this I’d say:

 

[Mattilaus]

Edit: sorry I didn’t realize you were a Buffalo poster, not trying to put salt in. I do think McLeod will have a positive impact on your NHL roster this year. Have a good one

No salt here. We all good. As I said in the Sabres board, this move hurts my heart, but I understand it. Probably easier that it's edmonton getting savoie for me. Despite being a Sabres fan, I live in YK. Your city's hospitality during the evacuation last summer made me root for edmonton as well.