If he was, he wouldn't have signed in Montreal. An aging vet doesn't sign for term with a bottom feeder if he's worth playing top 4 on a contender. Savard is done. He's a bottom pair vet precense at best.

Than he's all yours because Savard doesn't help TO. He would be either a 3rd pair PK guy we don't really need or he'd be playing more than he should. The leafs don't need more bottom pair guys they have many players capable of that. They need a top pair guy.

Pretty sure Savard signed the year after the Habs went to the cup finals, meaning he bought into the idea that the Habs under MB were a playoff team and just proved their capabilities that year.

haters gonna hate

No hate, just non objective analysis. Savard hasn't been very good for several years. His time as a top 4 player is long past. Which is why he's in Montreal and not on a contender.

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Wow, I guess I made such an impression on you that you have nothing better to do than to stalk around making trolling remarks on every one of my posts. It's good to be an influencer but you really do need to get over it lol

Huh?

I think he was genuine

No, he has been going back through every post I made today making snide comments like this. I believe it is because his alt account is MitchJr and that account had been trolling me previously as well

I don't understand why people are down on Barron. He may not end up a true top pairing guy, but he's progressing well and increasing in responsibility at a young age with relatively little experience.
Many teams only end up with one true top pairing defender (if that). It's not unusual to have a #1 guy and a complementary partner rather than an actual #2. Barron could very well be the right partner for Guhle given time and development.
Barron only really needs two major things, success on a functional power play and awareness to protect himself when playing the puck. He just hit the 20 minute mark for average ice time and he's holding ground in goal differential (+3) outside of penalty killing (not his strength, but we were missing Savard). He's only 22 with 76 games under his belt. The smaller things are gradually improving naturally.
Montreal fans need to be patient with this rebuild and not push for more before it makes sense to do so. Let the team develop.
Other teams' fans need to realize Barron isn't trade bait. IF he is eventually moved, it will be because he's lost all value years from now and you can get him for cheap.

The only thing fans should be concerned about with regards to Barron are the 2 big "flaws". The PP issue isn't one he can do himself. It will be up to him to provide value there once the coaching staff figures it out. In the meantime he's on track and only needs to work on his spider sense to avoid dangerous hits.

I agree with his 2 flaws but he has more flaws than that
He is bad on puck retrieval and break out
He is probably our worse dman defensively with Matheson right now
But like you said he is developing and there’s no rush to trade him because he isn’t a top 4 dman at his age