I haven't watched much of Savoie so this might not come to fruition. I think Savoie likely rounds into a Todd Marchant type of player know for the defensive side of his game. Savoie probably peaks at around 26 years old. We can't wait on that.
Lol. One guy is 5-9, 178 lbs and the other guy is listed as 5-9, 179 lbs.
Play Savoie in the top 6, increase his value and then use him as bait at the deadline for a big name.
What? I am saying SOR is not ready. He was drafted in 2024.
Why? The team wants to get younger. Play Savoie right and he may become the big name you want to trade for.
I don't think you've noticed how bad Zegras has gotten. Poehling, on the other hand, is a very effective bottom six center with good speed.
People do carry weight differently.
We missed our chance to off load nurse here. A good gm can make things happen and is able to identify stupid GMs.
The McLeod Savoie deal was never going to be a slam dunk. It made sense due to the cap issue Jackson walked himself into and with a premise of having another emerging bigger body centre/wing option in Holloway to mitigate McLeod's loss. Trading an NHL centre for a winger, a small skill one at that, is a tough bet for an organization with a hollowed out prospect and asset pool and clock ticking on a window phase team.
Nah, stick with Skinner and he can be a 1B...still young enough to grow
Which side are you on??
To be fair, Lebron has won 2 championships being a GM and 2 with Miami by calling up his buddies to team up. At this point, McDavid is allowed to be the GM or team up. Someone has to take out Florida and the rats
Still on the negative side. But, I was surprised to hear that since apparently he said Nuge lol
if the Oilers want to bring players in of course they'll have to ship players out because our latest bullshit GM put us in a hole... via the old Ken Holland special "money in money out" paradox
Skinner is fine if he's only playing 25-30 games. The problem is though, he'd essentially be a $2.6 million backup in that case, whereas Pickard is only $1M. I guess I would keep Skinner if the guy they bring in is injury prone (Gibson) or just starting to role into a starting goalie (Hofer). But other than that, the ideal scenario is that they bring in a guy that leaves no doubt as to who the starter is going to be, in which case Skinner should be out the door.
Verbeek is building a team and nurturing a culture with curated pick up of a few character, hard game veteran players. We saw the Oilers extended rebuild(s) flounder trying to push its development with latch key kids driving the bus. Anaheim is loaded with young, pedigree skill and size with some hard game veterans in Trouba, Gudas and Kreider to help their group mature into a team that will be compete and be hard to play against. Sold low on Zegras but moved out a soft, entitled play long on dangle, low on maturity and putting on the work boots required to win at this apex level. They could afford to do so (not necessarily agreeing about the return) to forge the culture they are building.
Do we want McDavid calling up his buddies for a team up? He's gotten Warren Foegele, Connor Brown, Devin Shore, and Travis Dermott. None of whom were needle movers.
