In the four seasons between 1990-91 and 1993-94 Savage could never get a grip on an NHL roster spot and played 34 NHL games between the Capitals and the Nordiques. He only scored 12 points in his NHL career, but he is also one of only five NHL players to score his first career goal on a penalty shot.
Savage was a force in the AHL around that time, with 220 points in 212 games, so it is pretty crazy how he could not secure a long-term NHL role. After he did not make the NHL he played a bit more in the AHL before playing in the IHL and going overseas to Italy and Switzerland. He then played a bit more in the AHL and UHL, before playing his final season in 2004-05 with 17 games in the ECHL.