McLeod is a solid player and only 24, but for Savoie? Tullio is not a great prospect either.
The bright side at least being Kulich, Rosen, Helenius and Ostlund are still here and the core is young
awhalen1
Matt Savoie, Sabres legend for 3:55
doon3r
We traded savoie for a 3c? Are you serious?
BitternessAndBleach
Brutal. I’d understand for any of our other prospects, but this is a huge overpay.
Skibidi_Astronaut
For Matt Savoie??? Not good
Edit: still maintain we lost the trade on a value basis, but I do like McLeod as a player and he makes us better now so?
DyingSurfer3-5-7
This is a fucking terrible trade
Lazy-Fun5730
Can the fancy stats people inform me that McLeod is way better than his counting stats? For the love of god please?
distancetomars
I feel like GMKA acted out of desperation here….
manlong11
Ummm at first glance I’m not thrilled.
Edit: ok McLeod apparently has pretty good fancy stats and a little upside so whatever. Just didn’t think Savoie would be the guy heading out. Still not particularly thrilled.
3rdEyeJoker
Welp I get we have a huge amount of prospects but this one fucking hurts…wonder if any other moves are coming
Edit: I feel like we over value the fuck out of our prospects especially with how many we have, they aren’t all going to be on the team and feels like benson is similar to savoie but he was nhl ready quicker
BurgerFeazt
Looking for the next Cirelli without paying the cost for a Cirelli
CeramicCastle49
Nooooo. Really wanted to see Savoie play here 😭
czupek
What an awful trade. 3C for 9OA pick
CornerNo2889
They were never going to chance Krebs being c3
Why_So-Serious
Yikes. This is probably going to look like a terrible deal in 3 years.
dumpmaster42069
Holy shit this guy better fucking perform
dgehen
They better make the playoffs this year because this is some bullshit
Straight_Landscape37
Wonder if Krebs gets sent to Winnipeg now if that Ehlers trade comes to fruition. McLeod is an upgrade over him at 3c
BurgerFeazt
If people hate this trade, imagine the blowback if Adams traded for someone like Ehlers or Konecny, considering what we’d have to give up. LOL can’t please anyone
sweetredditusername
Savoie is low-key glass and was overtaken by Helenius for prospect 1C, so this is great.
Lindy gets his Hecht/Gaustad with offensive upside!
_FiscalJackhammer_
WHAT. Really hope this means something else is in the works because this seems just A BIT lopsided
SnooOnions5029
Oilers fan here, this is my quick unprofessional summary of McLeod: Great speed, best smile, good face off guy, can be skilled with the puck but lacks finish, great on the pk but had some brutal turnovers/failed clearing attempts in the playoffs that definitely costed us games. I’m gonna miss him but I can’t pretend that I’m not extremely happy with this trade. Hope he does well in Buffalo
Novanator33
Dont like this at all, savoie profiled as a game breaker which imo are some of the rarest guys to have, the ability to create with raw talent and skill… i just dont like this trade at all, rosen and a pick wouldve been much more palatable. Savoie had the highest superstar potential of our prospects and we traded him for a 3rd line checking forward.
edit-the-sad-parts
well that’s expensive as hell but I really like the player profile, even it doesn’t address top6 scoring
The Sabres are gonna be FAST
StartButtonPress
Welcome to the team, Ryan. Best of luck!
nefarious_dareus
Bit of an overpay, but help now is the priority and they needed a 3C really bad. Is Krebs on the way out? I’d still prefer to keep him if possible.
JoeSchmohawk93
Absolutely insane that Beck and McLeod costs Buffalo Savoie (a first) and a second. That should be like 2/3 of a Marner package and we’re spending it on bottom six players. FUCK
Educational_Effect_9
Oilers fan here, is there something seriously wrong with savoie that resulted in him getting shipped out??? Mcleod is not good enough to be throwing away a promising top 10 pick (atleast from what it looks on the outside)
Chris_p_tolentino14
Oilers fan here. Happy with the return but I’m sad to see Clouder go ;(
Y’all are getting a fast speedy forward who’s ready to step in a top 6 role. Analytically he’s a very good 5on5 player(even away from McDrai), and very good defensively. Even though he struggled during the playoffs, I had no doubt that he would have been a top 6 winger in Edmonton eventually, but was buried.
PS, we’ll take care of Jeff Skinner for y’all too 😉
Spiritual_Bourbon
I’m all for calling out moves Adams has made, but it’s clear to me that in the last few weeks, the Sabres are being reshaped in the vision that Ruff wants, not what Adams was trying to build before.
justlnnn
Have to assume Savoie’s value around the league was less than what fans would assume it to be, because you’d think a prospect like that would help fetch a top 6 forward, not a 3rd/4th line centre. Oh well, not a bad addition but in a few years if Savoie is anything close to a top line forward it’s gonna leave a sour taste.
Accurate_Fee710
The Florida plan. Play fast, be relentless on forecheck. Next trade Brady Tkachuk, and it’ll be complete.
CaresAboutYou
god i am so sick of the term “overpay” – Savoie’s value to us is reduced because he seems to provide a redundant skill set to what we already had, and defensively sound 2-way center is *not* a redundant skill set on this roster. player value isn’t absolute ffs. i do not care what their respective WAR is lmao
PucksinDeep716
This reeks of Chris gratton for Danny briere except we’re on the other end of it
Of course it’s different, just player arch type wise
CNYMetroStar
Just because we think Savoie is valuable doesn’t mean the rest of the league shares that same opinion on his value
ParkerIwnl
I really wanted to keep Savoie out of any of the Sabres prospects. At least hopefully the bottom 6 will be a bitch to play against. Or one can hope
detachandreflect
They could have atleast thrown in mcdavid
Green_hippo17
I like this add for us a lot
kit_mitts
I’m probably overvaluing Savoie like we usually do for our prospects but what the fuck
Automatic_Purpose147
Oilers fan here. Sometimes in the neutral zone we get confused without seeing the number on his back if it was McDavid skating up the ice to enter. Then he enters and you see the number and you always say. “Damn that boys fast”. I think he will turn into a 50-60 point player with you guys in a few years that has unreal speed and outside talent. Just gotta round out his game is all. Enjoy him!
YordleTop
If you guys are trying to make the playoffs this year then this increases your chances. I worn argue that oilers fans seem to have won the trade by value, but McLeod is a solid player. Good 3c
NoveltyItems
Oilers fan here. I really wish we could keep McLeod, and I think he’s underrated. We don’t have the cap space with our new signings and center depth.
He’s a RFA, a solid 3C; but he’s still young and has potential to grow. Great PKer and good speed. While Savoie looks like a decent prospect, we never know if he will pan out in the NHL. I think the trade is fair as both of us benefit from the trade.
harman097
Personally, I was never that high in Savoie. I think he’s going to struggle to adapt his game to the NHL and it will take a few years and a bridge deal to really put it together.
We also already have several small, fast, high skill, high compete forwards in the pipeline.
I think this is a bit of an overpay, for sure, but otherwise I do like this move and it 100% makes us a better team this season.
TILLALLR1
Hello sabres fans! Lifelong oiler fan here to give you the scouting report on Ryan Mcleod
Mcleod is a beautiful skater whos north/south speed without the puck rivals Mcdavid. He uses his skating to create easy defensive zone exits and often can gain the offensive zone blue line without having to dump it in. The most infuriating thing about him is his unwillingness to challenge dmen with his outrageous speed. He does not try to dangle a dman or bust towards the slot but rather settles for perimeter control where he establishes cycles and relies more on his teammates to create danger.
He will not cheat for offence unlike a lot of his teammates in edmonton which made him a great fit here. if anything, he cheated for defence. he never gets caught deep in the zone and is always harassing opposing forwards through the neutral zone. A fantastic pk forward who thrived in the oilers attack first system.
All of this amount to a player who is capable of pushing play in the right direction without much help. In 1300 mins over the past 3 seasons WITHOUT MCDAVID OR DRAISAITL on the ice, he outscored opposing lineups at a 54% rate with warren foegele and derek ryan as his most common linemates while nurse and ceci were his most common dmen.
its important to remember he is still young and hasnt been given much oppurtunity to play with the best players a team can offer or powerplay time. hes got the makings of a selke style two way forward. i see him as a cap casualty of the oilers trying to win this season, sacrificing the guy who should be our 2c of the future
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We got our 3C
Edit: for savoie…
Bye bye Savoie https://x.com/FriedgeHNIC/status/1809318078699958415?t=r7Fabi8q8m2BSFSf6Ihnlg&s=19
For Savioe
McLeod is a solid player and only 24, but for Savoie? Tullio is not a great prospect either.
The bright side at least being Kulich, Rosen, Helenius and Ostlund are still here and the core is young
Matt Savoie, Sabres legend for 3:55
We traded savoie for a 3c? Are you serious?
Brutal. I’d understand for any of our other prospects, but this is a huge overpay.
For Matt Savoie??? Not good
Edit: still maintain we lost the trade on a value basis, but I do like McLeod as a player and he makes us better now so?
This is a fucking terrible trade
Can the fancy stats people inform me that McLeod is way better than his counting stats? For the love of god please?
I feel like GMKA acted out of desperation here….
Ummm at first glance I’m not thrilled.
Edit: ok McLeod apparently has pretty good fancy stats and a little upside so whatever. Just didn’t think Savoie would be the guy heading out. Still not particularly thrilled.
Welp I get we have a huge amount of prospects but this one fucking hurts…wonder if any other moves are coming
Edit: I feel like we over value the fuck out of our prospects especially with how many we have, they aren’t all going to be on the team and feels like benson is similar to savoie but he was nhl ready quicker
Looking for the next Cirelli without paying the cost for a Cirelli
Nooooo. Really wanted to see Savoie play here 😭
What an awful trade. 3C for 9OA pick
They were never going to chance Krebs being c3
Yikes. This is probably going to look like a terrible deal in 3 years.
Holy shit this guy better fucking perform
They better make the playoffs this year because this is some bullshit
Wonder if Krebs gets sent to Winnipeg now if that Ehlers trade comes to fruition. McLeod is an upgrade over him at 3c
If people hate this trade, imagine the blowback if Adams traded for someone like Ehlers or Konecny, considering what we’d have to give up. LOL can’t please anyone
Savoie is low-key glass and was overtaken by Helenius for prospect 1C, so this is great.
Lindy gets his Hecht/Gaustad with offensive upside!
WHAT. Really hope this means something else is in the works because this seems just A BIT lopsided
Oilers fan here, this is my quick unprofessional summary of McLeod: Great speed, best smile, good face off guy, can be skilled with the puck but lacks finish, great on the pk but had some brutal turnovers/failed clearing attempts in the playoffs that definitely costed us games. I’m gonna miss him but I can’t pretend that I’m not extremely happy with this trade. Hope he does well in Buffalo
Dont like this at all, savoie profiled as a game breaker which imo are some of the rarest guys to have, the ability to create with raw talent and skill… i just dont like this trade at all, rosen and a pick wouldve been much more palatable. Savoie had the highest superstar potential of our prospects and we traded him for a 3rd line checking forward.
well that’s expensive as hell but I really like the player profile, even it doesn’t address top6 scoring
The Sabres are gonna be FAST
Welcome to the team, Ryan. Best of luck!
Bit of an overpay, but help now is the priority and they needed a 3C really bad. Is Krebs on the way out? I’d still prefer to keep him if possible.
Absolutely insane that Beck and McLeod costs Buffalo Savoie (a first) and a second. That should be like 2/3 of a Marner package and we’re spending it on bottom six players. FUCK
Oilers fan here, is there something seriously wrong with savoie that resulted in him getting shipped out??? Mcleod is not good enough to be throwing away a promising top 10 pick (atleast from what it looks on the outside)
Oilers fan here. Happy with the return but I’m sad to see Clouder go ;(
Y’all are getting a fast speedy forward who’s ready to step in a top 6 role. Analytically he’s a very good 5on5 player(even away from McDrai), and very good defensively. Even though he struggled during the playoffs, I had no doubt that he would have been a top 6 winger in Edmonton eventually, but was buried.
PS, we’ll take care of Jeff Skinner for y’all too 😉
I’m all for calling out moves Adams has made, but it’s clear to me that in the last few weeks, the Sabres are being reshaped in the vision that Ruff wants, not what Adams was trying to build before.
Have to assume Savoie’s value around the league was less than what fans would assume it to be, because you’d think a prospect like that would help fetch a top 6 forward, not a 3rd/4th line centre. Oh well, not a bad addition but in a few years if Savoie is anything close to a top line forward it’s gonna leave a sour taste.
The Florida plan. Play fast, be relentless on forecheck. Next trade Brady Tkachuk, and it’ll be complete.
god i am so sick of the term “overpay” – Savoie’s value to us is reduced because he seems to provide a redundant skill set to what we already had, and defensively sound 2-way center is *not* a redundant skill set on this roster. player value isn’t absolute ffs. i do not care what their respective WAR is lmao
This reeks of Chris gratton for Danny briere except we’re on the other end of it
Of course it’s different, just player arch type wise
Just because we think Savoie is valuable doesn’t mean the rest of the league shares that same opinion on his value
I really wanted to keep Savoie out of any of the Sabres prospects. At least hopefully the bottom 6 will be a bitch to play against. Or one can hope
They could have atleast thrown in mcdavid
I like this add for us a lot
I’m probably overvaluing Savoie like we usually do for our prospects but what the fuck
Oilers fan here. Sometimes in the neutral zone we get confused without seeing the number on his back if it was McDavid skating up the ice to enter. Then he enters and you see the number and you always say. “Damn that boys fast”. I think he will turn into a 50-60 point player with you guys in a few years that has unreal speed and outside talent. Just gotta round out his game is all. Enjoy him!
If you guys are trying to make the playoffs this year then this increases your chances. I worn argue that oilers fans seem to have won the trade by value, but McLeod is a solid player. Good 3c
Oilers fan here. I really wish we could keep McLeod, and I think he’s underrated. We don’t have the cap space with our new signings and center depth.
He’s a RFA, a solid 3C; but he’s still young and has potential to grow. Great PKer and good speed. While Savoie looks like a decent prospect, we never know if he will pan out in the NHL. I think the trade is fair as both of us benefit from the trade.
Personally, I was never that high in Savoie. I think he’s going to struggle to adapt his game to the NHL and it will take a few years and a bridge deal to really put it together.
We also already have several small, fast, high skill, high compete forwards in the pipeline.
I think this is a bit of an overpay, for sure, but otherwise I do like this move and it 100% makes us a better team this season.
Hello sabres fans!
Lifelong oiler fan here to give you the scouting report on Ryan Mcleod
Mcleod is a beautiful skater whos north/south speed without the puck rivals Mcdavid. He uses his skating to create easy defensive zone exits and often can gain the offensive zone blue line without having to dump it in. The most infuriating thing about him is his unwillingness to challenge dmen with his outrageous speed. He does not try to dangle a dman or bust towards the slot but rather settles for perimeter control where he establishes cycles and relies more on his teammates to create danger.
He will not cheat for offence unlike a lot of his teammates in edmonton which made him a great fit here. if anything, he cheated for defence. he never gets caught deep in the zone and is always harassing opposing forwards through the neutral zone. A fantastic pk forward who thrived in the oilers attack first system.
All of this amount to a player who is capable of pushing play in the right direction without much help. In 1300 mins over the past 3 seasons WITHOUT MCDAVID OR DRAISAITL on the ice, he outscored opposing lineups at a 54% rate with warren foegele and derek ryan as his most common linemates while nurse and ceci were his most common dmen.
its important to remember he is still young and hasnt been given much oppurtunity to play with the best players a team can offer or powerplay time. hes got the makings of a selke style two way forward. i see him as a cap casualty of the oilers trying to win this season, sacrificing the guy who should be our 2c of the future