Prospect Info: C/RW Matthew Savoie, 9th Overall, 2022 NHL Draft - Traded to Moose Jaw 1/4/24

[Chainshot]

As 19 or younger seasons go, figure guys with at least 20 games played and it's the 2nd best points/game season in the last 12 years, behind only Bedard's 17-year old season last year. Pretty damn good.

 

[toddkaz]

We have a gem here him and Benson will be special talents maybe he jumps in as the 3c next year. Greenway and tych could be good wingers let Benson play with Thompson and skinneror maybe pair Benson and savoie together but I don't know if having two young guys on the line together would be the best and at the same time is Benson ready to handle top line minutes so maybe Greenway-savoie-quinn

If Savoie can jump in at 3C that would solve a huge hole in the roster but on the flip side if he doesn't succeed we will have a huge problem going into the season because then we are looking at Krebs as our 3C or Girgensons if he is resigned. Its a lot to count on.

 

[Sabresfansince1980]

We should all know by now that hoping for a prospect to jump in and be an impact player at an impact position is fool's gold. IF Savoie ever becomes a solid C, that time is several years from now.

 

[Faceboner]

If Savoie can jump in at 3C that would solve a huge hole in the roster but on the flip side if he doesn't succeed we will have a huge problem going into the season because then we are looking at Krebs as our 3C or Girgensons if he is resigned. Its a lot to count on.

Maybe I'm the off-season we could target someone with some versatility who can play 3c/5 or 6 wing that could slide back to 4c

 

[Chainshot]

A look at the upcoming Moose Jaw playoff series with Brandon:



Savoie did not make any of the post-season all-star teams, though a bunch of his various linemates (Calvert, Geekie, Isogai) all made different ones.

 

[Matt Ress]

Maybe I'm the off-season we could target someone with some versatility who can play 3c/5 or 6 wing that could slide back to 4c

I've got a shiny Tyson Jost for you????

 

[sabremike]

A look at the upcoming Moose Jaw playoff series with Brandon:



Savoie did not make any of the post-season all-star teams, though a bunch of his various linemates (Calvert, Geekie, Isogai) all made different ones.

Is this one of those horseshit political deals or something?

 

[Chainshot]

Is this one of those horseshit political deals or something?

Almost everyone who got a post-season award was around for most of the season. At only 34 games played, that's the bigger inhibitor. It doesn't seem to be a political thing.

 

[Chainshot]

I've got a shiny Tyson Jost for you????

Turds do not shine no matter how hard you buff them.

 

[TheMistyStranger]

Turds do not shine no matter how hard you buff them.

As someone who grew up with cats that enjoyed eating tinsel at Christmastime, I have to disagree. Circumstantially, as it were.

 

[sabremike]

Turds do not shine no matter how hard you buff them.

*Ted Nolan has entered the chat*

 

[Chainshot]

Moose Jaw is up 5-2 after 2 periods of play, Savoie has yet to hit the scoresheet. It's Rysavy with 2-1-3 and Firkus with a goal and an assist leading the way. (Yager doesn't have any points either.)

 

[Chainshot]

Went to watch Lindstrom and of course Matt scores.

 

[Chainshot]

This was pretty - intercept, explodes up the ice, finishes with a deke 5-hole:

 

[Reddawg]

This was pretty - intercept, explodes up the ice, finishes with a deke 5-hole:

I see so much Danny Briere in the way Matt plays, I really hope he's able to make the jump and all the skills translate.

 

[TheMistyStranger]

I see so much Danny Briere in the way Matt plays, I really hope he's able to make the jump and all the skills translate.

IIRC that was the pre-draft comparable

This was pretty - intercept, explodes up the ice, finishes with a deke 5-hole:

Glad he didn't dislocate his shoulder

 

[HogtownSabresfan]

I see so much Danny Briere in the way Matt plays, I really hope he's able to make the jump and all the skills translate.

Danny had skill but can Savoie play Briere's mean game around the net where he jammed hard at pucks and would even spear guys. (He was backed up by guys like Andrew Peters, I will say that.)

If he can play 75% of Brierer's game, what a pick. I still think he can be a Ric Seiling level player but we have a lot of guys like that. That edge, let's hope Savoie has it. He'll have a monster career if he does.

 

[CaliSabresfan24]

I see so much Danny Briere in the way Matt plays, I really hope he's able to make the jump and all the skills translate.

Especially when watching this clip..

 

[Chainshot]

I don't see him breaking into the NHL at center. They break him in as a winger and maybe after a little time, work him to center if they so choose.

 

[Gabrielor]

I don't see him breaking into the NHL at center. They break him in as a winger and maybe after a little time, work him to center if they so choose.

Agreed, but I think at 24 or 25 years old he'll be a center. Tenacity + Speed.

 

[Faceboner]

Danny had skill but can Savoie play Briere's mean game around the net where he jammed hard at pucks and would even spear guys. (He was backed up by guys like Andrew Peters, I will say that.)

If he can play 75% of Brierer's game, what a pick. I still think he can be a Ric Seiling level player but we have a lot of guys like that. That edge, let's hope Savoie has it. He'll have a monster career if he does.

I see a briere/point hybrid he is very good at getting to the net like briere

 

[Deep Blue Metallic]

The Sabres won't have room for all of their blue-chip forward prospects - Savoie, Ostlund, Kulich, Rosen.

Is Savoie the one to package up with a pick or two, and maybe Jokiharju, to plug some holes? Rosen would be the best, i.e. least likely to pan out, option imo, but he wouldn't fetch nearly the value of Savoie. I fear Kulich will be one-dimensional; maybe that's unfair. Ostlund is definitely the keeper in the bunch.

 

[Gabrielor]

The Sabres won't have room for all of their blue-chip forward prospects - Savoie, Ostlund, Kulich, Rosen.

Is Savoie the one to package up with a pick or two, and maybe Jokiharju, to plug some holes? Rosen would be the best, i.e. least likely to pan out, option imo, but he wouldn't fetch nearly the value of Savoie. I fear Kulich will be one-dimensional; maybe that's unfair. Ostlund is definitely the keeper in the bunch.

Any of them are packagable imo depending on the return.

Savoie is the one I want to keep most, but not at the cost of moving the core forward and going to the playoffs. If Savoie is required to get someone like Anthony Cirelli, do it.

 

[Faceboner]

Any of them are packagable imo depending on the return.

Savoie is the one I want to keep most, but not at the cost of moving the core forward and going to the playoffs. If Savoie is required to get someone like Anthony Cirelli, do it.

Rosen+25 1st+joki would be in the ballpark but Joker has really been one of our best players this year seems he regained his form and playing that quiet and steady game but he has a ton of value with contract status and being a rhd who is still young

The Sabres won't have room for all of their blue-chip forward prospects - Savoie, Ostlund, Kulich, Rosen.

Is Savoie the one to package up with a pick or two, and maybe Jokiharju, to plug some holes? Rosen would be the best, i.e. least likely to pan out, option imo, but he wouldn't fetch nearly the value of Savoie. I fear Kulich will be one-dimensional; maybe that's unfair. Ostlund is definitely the keeper in the bunch.

I would rather keep savoie/ostlund/kulich in that order Rosen is a decent prospect but those guys I value a tier a ahead

 

[OkimLom]

The Sabres won't have room for all of their blue-chip forward prospects - Savoie, Ostlund, Kulich, Rosen.

Is Savoie the one to package up with a pick or two, and maybe Jokiharju, to plug some holes? Rosen would be the best, i.e. least likely to pan out, option imo, but he wouldn't fetch nearly the value of Savoie. I fear Kulich will be one-dimensional; maybe that's unfair. Ostlund is definitely the keeper in the bunch.

Thankfully, they are years away from needing to make that decision. We can be patient with waiting to see which of them rise to the top.