Lassi Thompson leaves the Sens signs for Malmo

[mianjo]

LASSI GOES HOME: Senators' prospect Lassi Thomson signs in Swedish Elite League

Lassi Thomson, the club's top selection in the 2019 National Hockey League draft, has decided to return to Europe.

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[mysens]

Another Pierre Dorion beauty. What a dud. Good riddance. Nice knowing ya.

 

[Nac Mac Feegle]

Best of luck to him.

Kid has some tools....just hasn't developed as much as he needs to to be a legit NHLer.

 

[Oscar The Grouch]

Another Pierre Dorion beauty. What a dud. Good riddance. Nice knowing ya.

Kind of mean, don't you think?

 

[OgieO]

With the scarcity of RD you have to take your shots and hope you hit on a few. I blame PD for a lot of shit but taking a shot on a RD with good tools in the draft isn't high on the list. He didn't work out, it happens. Harley going right after kinda sucks but finding very good LD is much much easier as we already know.

 

[Icelevel]

With the scarcity of RD you have to take your shots and hope you hit on a few. I blame PD for a lot of shit but taking a shot on a RD with good tools in the draft isn't high on the list. He didn't work out, it happens. Harley going right after kinda sucks but finding very good LD is much much easier as we already know.

Harley went right *before
Got to assume we would have taken him.

 

[Tuna99]

I remember even Lassis face when we picked him in the 1st round was like “Holy Shit this is going better then I thought”

 

[Bileur]

Classic example of a guy with lots of tools but no toolbox.

Also seemed quite susceptible to crushing doubts and confidence issues.

Wish him all the best with his career.

 

[mysens]

Kind of mean, don't you think?

Not really....I am directing the negative comment more towards our ex GM. The kid should have never been picked that high.

 

[Xspyrit]

Classic example of a guy with lots of tools but no toolbox.

Also seemed quite susceptible to crushing doubts and confidence issues.

Wish him all the best with his career.

Yeah I think the main problem with Lassi is poise and confidence in his abilities. I mean, the pace at the NHL level is insane. The ice is wider and more tactical in Europe, fits his game better. The NHL pace is a bit too fast for his poise level and he panicks, then lose confidence too

All that said, this doesn’t sniff the top-20 of worst Dorion moves. A RD with skill and potential is not that bad of a pick but could have played safer with a 19th OA pick, although there was not a lot of smarter picks to make at that spot, maybe one of Tomasino, McMichael or Pelletier

 

[Burrowsaurus]

Mann could not draft d men to save his life

 

[Jersey Fan 12]

Do the Sens extend a qualifying offer to maintain his rights or has that ship sailed?

 

[DJB]

Classic example of a guy with lots of tools but no toolbox.

Also seemed quite susceptible to crushing doubts and confidence issues.

Wish him all the best with his career.

Poor man’s Codi Ceci

 

[bicboi64]

Good luck, poor lad just couldn't cut it

 

[R2010]

Nice guy. Good tools. Prone to lapses. That would be fine if he recovered well from them but it seemed like he got really down on himself whenever he screwed up.

 

[SensFactor]

Ottawa first-round draft busts since 2005:

• Brian Lee (2005 9th OA)
• Jim O'Brian (2007 29th OA)
• Jared Cowen (2009 9th OA)
• Matt Puempel (2011 24th OA)
• Colin White (2015 21st OA)
• Logan Brown (2016 11th OA)
• Shane Bowers (2017 28th OA)
• Jacob Bernard-Docker (2018 26th OA)
• Lassi Thomson (2019 19th OA)
• Tyler Boucher (2021 10th OA)

 

[Ice-Tray]

A tad early to label Boucher a bust in my opinion.

 

[bicboi64]

Ottawa first-round draft busts since 2005:

• Brian Lee (2005 9th OA)
• Jim O'Brian (2007 29th OA)
• Jared Cowen (2009 9th OA)
• Matt Puempel (2011 24th OA)
• Colin White (2015 21st OA)
• Logan Brown (2016 11th OA)
• Shane Bowers (2017 28th OA)
• Jacob Bernard-Docker (2018 26th OA)
• Lassi Thomson (2019 19th OA)
• Tyler Boucher (2021 10th OA)

Too early to call JBD a bust. Dude has 74 games under his belt and was fine as a #6 guy for us. Even if he ends up as a third pairing guy for us, that's not a bust.

 

[Xspyrit]

Too early to call JBD a bust. Dude has 74 games under his belt and was fine as a #6 guy for us. Even if he ends up as a third pairing guy for us, that's not a bust.

I think JBD plays over 500 NHL games, probably not just with Ottawa

I also think the word "bust" is used too loosely

 

[Burrowsaurus]

Guys the pros know better we still can’t judge this for another 3-5 years