Daily News | 2022 NHL draft: Scouting the North American forwards the Flyers could target at pick No. 5
Savoie spent his first full major junior season in the WHL with the dominant Winnipeg Ice, who finished the atop the Eastern Conference and are gearing up for the conference finals against the Edmonton Oil Kings.
Savoie led the Ice in scoring with 90 points in 65 games, finishing nine points ahead of 2020 Flyers sixth-round pick Connor McClennon . Savoie notched 34 of those points on the Ice’s power play, which was the best in the WHL . He was seventh in the WHL in scoring and ranked No. 1 among rookies. The Ice selected Savoie No. 1 overall in the 2019 WHL bantam draft and took Conor Geekie, another 2022 NHL draft-eligible prospect expected to go high, with the No. 2 pick. Savoieprior to getting drafted, which would have granted him the ability to play in the WHL for the full 2019-20 season at just 15 years old, but he was denied by Hockey Canada. Ultimately, Savoie was able to play 22 games that season as an underage player, registering seven assists.As his statistics suggest, Savoie is a gifted scorer who also possesses elite passing capabilities. Not only is he “super skilled,” according toNHL draft and prospects analyst Chris Peters, Savoie plays hard and doesn’t look for shortcuts. Savoie is undersized, and Peters said his success at the NHL level hinges on his ability to maintain the competitiveness he displayed in the WHL. “I see a player that has a lot of ability and skill and excitement and skating and all these different things,” Peters said. “But, it still comes back to will the way he plays work at the next level? And I think for him, that competitive drive is really what leads me to believe that yeah, it will. He’ll be an NHL player.”One of Savoie’s biggest knocks has been his skating, although Peters said he thinks it’s better than he’s given credit for. Regardless, there aren’t many 5-foot-9 centers in the NHL, and Savoie may need to move to the wing to have a productive NHL career. Additionally, Peters noted that Savoie faded in and out of games at times, perhaps due to how talented the Ice were this season. “Sometimes he was very effective and sometimes you didn’t necessarily notice he was out there,” Peters added.
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