In this weekly review over the past year or so, I have mentioned on a number of occasions that the Edmonton Oilers will need to get most of their draft wins with later picks.
The AHL is a veteran league for certain. Players who are older usually are bigger and stronger than their younger counterparts. They are also far more experienced.
The best player from the University of Denver playing for Bakersfield Condors is not Carter Savoie. This might not be a “hot take,” given Savoie has amassed two assists in 13 games.
The Edmonton Oilers continued their pre-season cuts this morning, clipping six more players from the roster ahead of Saturday’s game against the Vancouver Canucks.
Carter Savoie entered his first year as a professional hockey player on a high, and now it’s time for him to build upon it. He scored three goals at the NCAA Division 1 National Championship Tournament while en route to winning it all with the University of Denver Pioneers.
Coming into the tournament, my expectation was Xavier Bourgault would have a strong tournament on the scoresheet. He had a year of AHL experience where he posted solid numbers for a 20-year-old after a very strong final year in the QMJHL.
Local Kid Makes Good enters the countdown with Carter Savoie at #10. Position: Left Wing Shoots: Left Nationality: Canada Date of Birth: January 23, 2002 Drafted: 4th Round Pick, 2020 Height: 5’10″ / 178 cm Weight: 192lbs / 87 kg Ranking last year: No.
For as long as Connor McDavid and Leon Draisaitl are in their primes, you have to go all-in. And while the Edmonton Oilers haven’t reached the Stanley Cup Final with them just yet, it feels like they’re not far away. Here's the top 10 prospects for the Oilers.
Every organization has a prospect that challenges the development model of the team. A player who, on his own, or in combination with the coaching staff and development team, follows a path that leads to wasted development time.
Early yesterday, the Edmonton Oilers broke some prospect news signing collegiate free agent Carl Berglund from the UMass-Lowell River Hawks. Our man, Zach Laing had all the details when the news broke here.
An NHL scout once told me that teams like to draft NCAA players with their 4th to 7th-round picks because they have a longer runway to develop. The Edmonton Oilers are a great example in recent years with Carter Savoie (4th round, 2020), Vincent Desharnais (7th round, 2016), and Michael Kesselring (6th round, 2019).
Edmonton Oilers prospect Carter Savoie is considered week-to-week after crashing into the boards Tuesday night. Savoie was injured in the Condors’ 7-3 win over the Tuscon Roadrunners.
The Bakersfield Condors have been a successful franchise since banding with the Edmonton Oilers in 2015. They won the conference championship in 2021, the COVID season, and have had six seasons above 500.
The Edmonton Oilers have a really solid prospect pool. Their ability to scout players in the later rounds has stood out and wowed fans for a few years now, but one name that stands out is 2020 fourth-round draft pick, Carter Savoie.
Those who follow me know that I have been very critical of the coaching staff in Bakersfield surrounding the deployment decisions of the Oiler prospects.
The kids in Bakersfield are starting to find their groove. The Condors hosted the San Diego Gulls, the affiliate of the Anaheim Ducks, on Wednesday evening and put together a dominant 5-1 win.
Big time shooter from St. Albert looks to make waves during his first year in Bakersfield This is a short series on the next group of Oiler prospects graduating to professional hockey.
Among the rookie forwards who will be joining the Bakersfield Condors this fall is Carter Savoie, a local product who’s coming off of a very successful two-year run with the University of Denver.
Savoie has worked his way into being one of Edmonton’s more promising prospects over the last couple of years, and while the Oilers will need some low-cost players to round out their roster next season, it’s unlikely that he will be able to make the jump right away.
Carter Savoie can shoot, and he can score. He’s out to prove he can do a lot more than that. “Scouts heavily criticize him off the puck as a player who takes shifts and games off, and as a one-way player.” – Corey Pronman, The Athletic “Some question his commitment off the puck, his shift-to-shift effort levels and his defensive game.
With speculation about his future swirling throughout Oil Country, Edmonton Oilers prospect Carter Savoie ended the suspense Monday (April 18) when the Bakersfield Condors signed him to an amateur tryout contract (ATO) for the remainder of the 2021-22 American Hockey League (AHL) season.
It turns out playoff hockey, no matter the level it’s at, is best won by teams that are willing to play hard, heavy and disciplined. That turned out to be the case at the Men’s Frozen Four in Boston.
Carter Savoie and the Denver Pioneers will take on the Michigan Wolverines in a National Semifinal at the NCAA Frozen Four in Boston on Thursday (April 7).
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