I'd put my money on him being available at #8 -- but a lot of teams were happy when Rossi fell to their team, only to watch their GM pass over him. Could be a similiar situation with Savoie.
Could very well be, but if we're going BPA I would have to imagine Savoie looks a lot like BPA at #8 or #9. Just like Rossi did in hindsight but KA took his guy and we're all very happy with that result.
Works for me! I'd be happy with a bunch of differrent guys in that position.
I can't imagine any teams having him over Cooley, Nemec and Jiricek. I mean maybe you're right. But I would take such rumors as suspect. A lot of people don't even have him in their top 10. He's 6'4 but really seen as having big holes and a project. He's a below average skater and looks on the slow side, all though has quick hands and shot. But in today's NHL those two things, bad skating and slow skating, can be a big warning sign against future success. Not that he can't overcome it or won't, or that he can't improve, but I just think it will hurt his draft stock as it probably should. All though to be fair, he's got immense skill in other areas and I think NHLCS has him as the #4 NA skater. So if teams think his skating can be fixed and that he'll gain enough speed when it is, yea I could see a team taking him in the 7-10 range. I just can't think of many players that have shown such skating deficiency and lack of speed, even if they have high end skill, to reach their ceiling lately in the NHL. I mean, he's considered just an average skater for the WHL... that just scares the heck out of me. I actually see some comps with Lafreniere honestly, along with Dylan Strome, and that's not necessarily a good thing given how Laf has struggled thus far. You could be right though. But I would certainly rather take my chances on Savoie, Kemmel etc..
Yup. If Savoie still on the board at 8 or 9, would be hard for any team to pass him up. Which, I think is around where he will end up falling. In that 7-9 range.
I don't know if Edwards has engaged in that type of stuff in the past, but honestly sounds more like a smoke screen to me to do a buddy GM a favor mixing the rumors up. A lot to like about Geekie but 2 is too high when you have Cooley, Jiri, Nemec, and Slaf available.
Even worse , Vancouver and Vegas can win the lottery and move up to 5 and 6. Moving us down to 11 and pushing pick 16 into next year.
