The Edmonton Oilers don\u2019t appear to be in a hurry to lock up young forward Matt Savoie to a new contract.<\/p>\n
After posting some decent results in his rookie season, there was some thought that the Oilers would try to get the jump on the 22-year-old Savoie<\/a>. With the type of contracts being handed out to young players this summer, it seems like it would be smart to sign Savoie now rather than risk the threat of an offer sheet or a potentially higher cap hit if he is able to take a step this upcoming season.<\/p>\n It doesn\u2019t sound like Edmonton is all too keen on doing that, however, as Savoie\u2019s agent, Gerry Johansson, appeared on Tuesday\u2019s edition of OilersNow with Bob Stauffer<\/a> to give an update on contract talks.<\/p>\n \u201cWe haven\u2019t [had contract talks] only because I think Edmonton is in a unique position where they\u2019re sorta in a win-now mode,\u201d Johansson told Stauffer. \u201cMatt really likes it here, and we\u2019d love for him to stay here; I know he would.<\/p>\n \u201cTalking to [Oilers GM] Stan [Bowman], I think that will come\u2026 Edmonton is pretty focused on this year, so I think Matt is patient and really enjoys it here\u2026 I\u2019m sure we\u2019ll get down to that sooner rather than later.\u201d<\/p>\n Savoie is entering the final year of his entry-level contract and currently holds a cheap $886,666 cap hit. That number will almost certainly go up by quite a bit on his next deal, especially if he can take another step forward.<\/p>\n