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The Buffalo Sabres traded former top-10 draft pick Matthew Savoie to the Edmonton Oilers for forward Ryan McLeod and forward prospect Tyler Tullio on Friday.
Savoie, 20, was the ninth overall pick of the 2022 draft but has played in just one NHL game so far. He took five shifts for a total of 3:55 on ice for Buffalo against the Minnesota Wild on Nov. 10, 2023. The Sabres reassigned him to the Western Hockey League after that.
Savoie was a highly touted prospect coming out of the WHL. A native of St. Albert, Alberta, which borders Edmonton, he will now join his hometown Oilers.
McLeod, 24, has appeared in 219 career games for Edmonton since the 2020-21 season and tallied 75 points (32 goals, 43 assists). He set career highs in goals (12), assists (18), points (30), plus/minus rating (plus-10) and games played (81) last season. McLeod added four goals in 24 playoff appearances as the Oilers reached the Stanley Cup Final.
Tullio, a fifth-round draft pick by Edmonton in 2020, has yet to appear in an NHL game.
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6 Reasons the Toronto Maple Leafs Will Be Even Better in 2025-26
Even though some of it came down to decisions they had no control over, the Toronto Maple Leafs finally made some big changes this offseason. After yet another disappointing playoff exit, the Maple Leafs chose to move on from president Brendan Shanahan, a decision which was well received by the fan base. The other big move, one in which they didn’t have as much say over, was their decision to trade pending unrestricted free agent (UFA) Mitch Marner to the Vegas Golden Knights. As Maple Leafs fans are well aware, this team has been a very good one for several years, at least in the regular season. Playoffs have been an entirely different story, and nobody seems to have any surefire answers as to what’s gone wrong. While it remains to be seen whether their playoff fortunes will change this coming season, however, there is reason to believe they will be an even better regular season team in 2025-26 than they were in 2024-25. Here are the six main factors behind that theory. Matthews Back to His Regular Self For many NHLers, a 33-goal, 78-point season is more than they could ever dream of. For Auston Matthews, however, it’s viewed as a major disappointment. To the 27-year-old’s credit, he suited up for only 67 games, but it was still a tough season for a player who had just scored 69 goals the season prior. What was clear last season was that Matthews was injured. It seemed to be something that lingered throughout the entire 2024-25 campaign, and made him far less dangerous offensively than we’ve become accustomed to. Now, with an entire offseason to rehab, fans should expect him to get back to being the elite force he’s capable of being. Healthy Goaltending There were no issues with the Maple Leafs’ goaltending last season. In fact, they had one of the better duos in the entire NHL. The issue, however, was that Anthony Stolarz, who they signed to a two-year deal to be their starter, was limited to just 34 games due to injury. When Stolarz was healthy, he was better than even his biggest supporters could have imagined, posting a 2.14 goals-against average (GAA) along with a .926 save percentage (SV%). Had he been healthy, he would have certainly been in the running for the Vezina Trophy. Assuming he can be healthier in 2025-26, fans should expect even better goaltending. Less Distractions in the Dressing Room While you’re never going to have a quiet season in Toronto, the 2025-26 campaign will feel like a weight lifted off the backs of everyone in that dressing room. That, of course, is because Marner is no longer around. Though it wasn’t at all his fault, there was far too much noise and distractions throughout the entirety of last season when it came to Marner’s future with the organization. Having that be in the past will put a sense of calmness in the Maple Leafs dressing room, as there are no longer questions as to what the future holds. The top players for this organization are locked in, which will do a ton to help limit the nonstop distractions that came in 2024-25. Knies Continuing to Get Better Helping ease the loss of Marner is Matthew Knies, who appears to be shaping into a true star talent. The 22-year-old didn’t have any sort of sophomore slump in 2024-25, as he put up 29 goals and 58 points in 78 outings. He was also quite impressive in the playoffs, scoring five goals in 13 games. Knies, who stands at 6-foot-3, 227 pounds, is just scratching the surface of what he’s capable of. He is going to get all sorts of opportunities now following the absence of Marner, and there is no reason to doubt that he can live up to the challenge given what he’s shown through the first 161 games of his career. Maccelli Should Have Big Impact The Maple Leafs made one of the more underrated additions of the offseason in acquiring Matias Maccelli from the Utah Mammoth. The 24-year-old had fallen out of favour with head coach Andre Tourigny, but was viewed as one of the building blocks of the organization just a year prior. Maccelli had a career-high 57 points in 2023-24, and managed 49 points in just 64 games in 2022-23. Those numbers go to show how much skill he has, and he is now joining a Maple Leafs team that has more weapons within its top six. Fans should expect him to have a massive season in Toronto. Another Season Under Berube Getting used to a new head coach and the schemes he brings in is no easy feat. The Maple Leafs were forced to go through that last season, as management had made the decision to fire Sheldon Keefe and bring in Craig Berube as their new head coach. It was an overall success in the first season, though a guy like Berube views anything shy of a Stanley Cup as a disappointment. Berube will now get his second training camp with this team and will be much more comfortable this time around. Instead of trying to get to know his players, he can get right into the systems and what he wants to see in 2025-26. Meanwhile, the players know exactly what to expect from the 2019 Stanley Cup champion. Big Changes Could Get Optimal Results The biggest critique when it comes to the Maple Leafs over the years was that they were afraid to make a big move to shake things up. That mainly falls on former general manager (GM) Kyle Dubas, who seemed unable to part ways with his core group. Now, the Maple Leafs have done so, which gives everyone else on the roster a very clear idea that this organization isn’t going to accept mediocrity. That could wind up being the solution needed for this team to go on a lengthy playoff run this season.
Green Bay Packers: Jordan Love’s ‘Fiery’ Response to Wife’s Take on Franchise’s Timeless Tradition
Green Bay Packers star quarterback Jordan Love and his wife, Ronika Stone Love, are truly in, well, love. The couple just got married in June, and with the Packers deep into their preparation for the upcoming 2025 NFL season, Ronika shows full support for her husband. In a social media post on Instagram, Ronika shared a series of photos from last Saturday’s Packers Family Night at Lambeau Field. The first photo on the post shows a happy Ronika in the arms of the former Utah State Aggies star signal-caller. “My version of a Lambeau Leap,” Ronika wrote as a caption. Last season, Love played in 15 games, throwing for a total of 3,389 passing yards to go along with 25 touchdowns and 11 interceptions. That year was considered a down one for Love, but many expect him to come up with a bigger performance in 2025, as Green Bay looks to surpass its 11-win total in 2024. Fans react to Jordan Love’s wife’s Green Bay Packers Lambeau Leap Apart from Love, many others reacted to Ronika’s heartwarming post. Here are some of them: “Two Green Bay 10’s right there,” said a fan. Another one said: “Hair looks amazing” From a commenter: “Awhhhh y’all are so cute!! And I’m obsessed with the hair it’s giving SZA!! ” “Love the Loves!,” a social media user posted. Via a different commenter: “your outfit is adorable” Said another: “I love the fit! Both of yall ”
Aaron Boone addresses Alex Rodriguez’s criticism of Yankees
New York Yankees manager Aaron Boone responded Sunday, one day after Alex Rodriguez suggested his team lacks discipline and accountability. On FOX’s MLB pregame show Saturday, Rodriguez questioned the “accountability” of the Yankees after Boone did not pull Jazz Chisholm from Saturday’s loss to Miami after the infielder made a brutal baserunning blunder. Rodriguez suggested that the Yankees do not face consequences for such mistakes, and that it has contributed to further errors. “If any one of us made a mistake, we would be sitting our butt right on the bench,” Rodriguez said. “I see mistake after mistake, and there’s no consequences.” Boone took issue with those remarks when asked about them on Sunday. He said he accepts that the Yankees will always face added scrutiny, but that he disagreed with the substance of Rodriguez’s remarks. “I would disagree a little bit with the accountability factor, but the reality is, we’re focused every day on being the best we can be,” Boone said, via Bryan Hoch of MLB.com. “That’s how we have to do it. But I understand when it doesn’t happen, or we don’t have the record that I think we should have, or certainly people think we should have — that comes with the territory.” Boone is known for keeping things positive publicly, even when things are going poorly for the Yankees. That has led to some criticism from fans, who feel that he goes too easy on his players when they are underperforming. The team’s recent stretch of mediocre play combined with a lack of consequences for errors like Chisholm’s have reinforced those critiques. The Yankees lost again on Sunday and were swept by the Marlins, dropping them to 60-51 on the season. Until the team starts consistently winning again, Boone is going to hear more comments like Rodriguez’s.
Marlins troll Yankees with fitting song amid series sweep
The Miami Marlins turned to good ol’ Neil Diamond to clown on the New York Yankees during their impressive weekend triumph. Miami pulled off an improbable three-game series sweep of the Yankees on Sunday with a 7-3 win at LoanDepot Park in Miami. It marked the sixth consecutive series victory for the Marlins as well as their first-ever three-game sweep of the Yankees in franchise history. As Sunday’s game was nearing the end, the Marlins decided to have some fun. With the Yankees down to their last three outs entering the top of the ninth inning, “Sweet Caroline” began loudly playing inside the ballpark. Here is a video: Of course, “Sweet Caroline” is an anthem of the Boston Red Sox, the hated rivals of the Yankees. The song plays in the eighth inning of every game at Fenway Park. Fittingly enough, the 62-51 Red Sox are officially now ahead of the Yankees in the AL East standings (thanks to the Yankees’ brutal weekend against the Marlins putting them at 60-52). The Yankees only had themselves to blame for their poor weekend showing, piling on several more embarrassing mental mistakes during the series. As for the Marlins though, they are quickly looking like one of the best stories of the second half. After sitting at a dismal 25-41 in mid-June, Miami is suddenly a .500 team again at 55-55 and it has clawed to within 5.5 games back of a wild-card spot in the NL.
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