The Edmonton Oilers have acquired ahead Matt Savoie from the Buffalo Sabres in change for forwards Ryan McLeod and Ty Tullio.

Savoie, the ninth total choose within the 2022 NHL Draft, made his professional debut with the AHL’s Rochester Americans throughout the 2023 Calder Cup Playoffs and noticed motion in six video games with the Amerks in 2023-24, tallying two targets and three assists. He spent many of the season within the Western Hockey League, totaling 30 targets and 41 assists for 71 factors in 34 regular-season video games between Wenatchee and Moose Jaw earlier than notching 24 factors in 19 playoff video games to assist the Warriors to the WHL championship.

Savoie made his NHL debut on Nov. 10, 2023, skating for Buffalo of their 3-2 win over Minnesota. He additionally represented Canada on the 2024 IIHF World Junior Championship.

Tullio, 22, tallied 9 targets and 12 assists for 21 factors in 54 players with the AHL’s Bakersfield Condors in 2023-24, his second professional season. He performed 63 video games as a rookie in 2022-23, tallying 13 targets and 13 assists.

Tullio was a fifth-round choose by Edmonton within the 2020 NHL Draft.