Trade: C Ryan McLeod - Oilers for Matt Savoie

[Curt]

I like it.  I wish there was slightly more quality in the top 6, but it looks like 4 lines that Lindy can roll.

[RochesterExpat]

4 minutes ago, Second Line Center said:

McCleod only played 9 minutes in game 7 and was a minus 2. 

That’s because the Oilers only played McDrai for most of the second and all of the third. It was wild.

[pastajoe]

12 minutes ago, inkman said:

I’m guessing they, ya know, asked for the better prospect. 

I don’t trust Adam’s to make the best deals.

[RochesterExpat]

1 minute ago, Curt said:

I like it.  I wish there was slightly more quality in the top 6, but it looks like 4 lines that Lindy can roll.

The biggest issue I see at this point is any injury in the top six is going to create one massive glaring hole in the roster.

[French Collection]

This is a move in the right direction.

McLeod checks off all of the boxes I had for a 3C. Big, fast, PKer and good on draws. He is coming from a team that has recent success.

He’s also from southern Ontario, Mississauga to be exact.

Ruff would know the family, coached his brother Michael, who is part of the 2018 World Junior charges.

I like Savoie but something had to give and I don’t think he would help much this year.

[Thorner]

Just now, French Collection said:

This is a move in the right direction.

McLeod checks off all of the boxes I had for a 3C. Big, fast, PKer and good on draws. He is coming from a team that has recent success.

He’s also from southern Ontario, Mississauga to be exact.

Ruff would know the family, coached his brother Michael, who is part of the 2018 World Junior charges.

I like Savoie but something had to give and I don’t think he would help much this year.

Didn’t his brother get into some trouble? 

[LGR4GM]

1 minute ago, Peter said:

Now we know why the Oilers lost game 7. 😀

Sam Reinhart wheel snipe celly

[DarthEbriate]

4 minutes ago, Second Line Center said:

McCleod only played 9 minutes in game 7 and was a minus 2. 

Buuuuuuut had a goal, was plus 1 and had 10 PIM in game 6.  

OA averaged 13 minutes of ice time during their STANLEY CUP FINAL run was a minus 7 and had 4 goals, playing in defensive role.  Not great not terrible.  

Did I mention we got a guy that was just in the SCF - something this team really needs to have in the locker room.  

I don't like him on the first deflection goal. He had the chance to step out faster on Rodrigues and tie him up or maybe block the pass (that was going feet wide before Verhaeghe's deflection). I can see Oilers message board poster types (you know the ones...) be upset with the play and make him a scapegoat for their loss.

His other minus was as he stepped onto the ice during Reinhart's rush goal, a hundred feet from the cage. 

[French Collection]

1 minute ago, Thorny said:

Didn’t his brother get into some trouble? 

Yeah, the Team Canada issue in London.

[LGR4GM]

4 minutes ago, pastajoe said:

I don’t trust Adam’s to make the best deals.

Not looking for the best deals, I'm looking for the right ones...

 

[Flashsabre]

2 minutes ago, Thorny said:

Didn’t his brother get into some trouble? 

Yea his brother is one of the 2018 WJCs players up on charges. Who knows where that goes.

[French Collection]

4 minutes ago, RochesterExpat said:

The biggest issue I see at this point is any injury in the top six is going to create one massive glaring hole in the roster.

That’s where you see what Rosen, Kulich, Östlund etc.. have in a short term stint.

[That Aud Smell]

For those who are fans of the Scottish name: This new centre calls to mind the chorus from a Scottish version of a famous Rolling Stones song: “Hey, McLeod, get offa mah ewe!”

(lol - bestiality joke.)

[Thorner]

6 minutes ago, RochesterExpat said:

The biggest issue I see at this point is any injury in the top six is going to create one massive glaring hole in the roster.

It’s very true

 but, we may have the personal to play the old “hunker down and win 1-0, no style points” system if that happens 

[The Jokeman]

My initial reaction was what but then looked up his numbers not bad production from a guy getting 14 minutes a game. I wish we got a draft pick vs a throwaway player to pair with him tbh.

[inkman]

6 minutes ago, RochesterExpat said:

The biggest issue I see at this point is any injury in the top six is going to create one massive glaring hole in the roster.

They have Kulich, Rosen, Helenius, Wahlburg, Östlund, Kisikov waiting in the wings, quite literally.  I know I’m forgetting someone but they have guys they can audition for it.  Let the best man win.  I’d love to see Kulich force his way into the lineup.  Kid is special. 

[tom webster]

15 minutes ago, LGR4GM said:

Here's how I'm looking at it. 

Would I rather have:

Ehlers and Savoie

Or

Krebs, Helenius, and McLeod

... full disclosure, I think Helenius is a better NHL player than Savoie. 

And they might still figure out a way to pry Ehlers away from Winnipeg 

[Huckleberry]

I think savoie was not ranked as high internally, always felt Östlund was seen as the better prospect.  But we traded a prospect for a nhl player, it hurts a bit but good trade.

[sabresouth]

I like this trade. 

I didn't  think KA had it in him. Pretty low bar...

Ok KA now get a top 6 forward 

 

Edited July 5 by sabresouth

[Thorner]

There’s certainly a LOT of “how could you do this?” On twitter, but I think this thread has a better handle on the trade

time will tell 

 

Edited July 5 by Thorny

[Rasmus_]

1 hour ago, shrader said:

They sure are focusing on that lousy team defense we’ve seen for so many years. 

If they are in cap trouble you dont give up your best prospect for a tweener who has never had more than 30 points in Edmonton and who is as soft as a babies diaper.

Edited July 5 by Rasmus_

[thewookie1]

I like the player, have a hard time with the trade based on the Twitter and HfBoards crucifying us and comparing it to Erat for Forsburg. 
 

Granted had we done nothing we’d still be ridiculed just more quietly. I’m not entirely sure where Savoie would have fit long term but I wish we could have at least got a little more for him. 

[dudacek]

7 minutes ago, inkman said:

They have Kulich, Rosen, Helenius, Wahlburg, Östlund, Kisikov waiting in the wings, quite literally.  I know I’m forgetting someone but they have guys they can audition for it.  Let the best man win.  I’d love to see Kulich force his way into the lineup.  Kid is special. 

And not piss off @Thorny while he’s having a good day, but having the bottom 6 we now have, means we can afford squeezing a kid into the lineup if he earns it (like real NHL teams do), because there will be veteran support for him.

[nfreeman]

8 minutes ago, tom webster said:

And they might still figure out a way to pry Ehlers away from Winnipeg 

Maybe.  I guess that would move Benson to the 3rd line with McLeod and Zucker, which could work out pretty nicely.  But now that Savoie is gone, KA probably woudn't give up both Kulich and Östlund for Ehlers.  Maybe one of them plus a 2025 #1?

[dudacek]

4 minutes ago, Thorny said:

There’s certainly a LOT of “how could you do this?” On twitter, but I think this thread has a better handle on the trade

time will tell 

 

There’s still a real possibility of this happening.

My reaction to the reaction though is 🤷

No risky trade the Sabres make will get the benefit of the doubt because Buffalo.

We’ve earned that.

The only way to overcome it is to win.