Player Discussion Tage Thompson 2
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MarkusKetterer
Shoulda got one game in
Jim Bob
RIP RJ
I wouldn’t be shocked if he didn’t make the short list. I think Troy Terry wasn’t on it because it had to be in before the start of the season.
MarkusKetterer
Shoulda got one game in
Jim Bob
RIP RJ
Yeah, they had to submit a list of potential players. I think it may have to do with WADA drug testing.
MarkusKetterer
Shoulda got one game in
In his Draft year I was hoping the Jets would take Laine at #2 OA and then Thompson with their second 1st rounder. It’s rare to find a player that size who can skate with NHL forwards, stick handle and rip one timers with precision. He plays a modern game and by his late 20’s he’ll start dominating physically.
Gabrielor
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This dude is the ultimate example of being patient with development.
(hint: Dahlin, Jokiharju, Cozens, etc)
I'm so happy he turned out, and hope he stays at center forever.
(hint: Dahlin, Jokiharju, Cozens, etc)
I'm so happy he turned out, and hope he stays at center forever.
Deep Blue Metallic
Bo knows hockey.
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From earlier itt about our #1C and leading goal scorer. (Names and dates redacted to protect the doubters.) So happy for this kid.
He’s a bitching AHL player
These 40 point predictions are for his AHL-career, right?
He could be, number wise, the next Luke Adam....
Was hoping he retired when I saw the bump.
Why do you have more belief in Tage than Nylander?
All ECHL...2nd team.
I see Benoit Pouliot. It looks like there's something there but it never delivers.
He’s a bitching AHL player
These 40 point predictions are for his AHL-career, right?
He could be, number wise, the next Luke Adam....
Was hoping he retired when I saw the bump.
Why do you have more belief in Tage than Nylander?
All ECHL...2nd team.
I see Benoit Pouliot. It looks like there's something there but it never delivers.
Not sure if you saw this from last night -
Complete with running through Romanov to the stare-down after he calls for the puck to bury it. He has begun to believe.
Gabrielor
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Moreover on my own point...
...development requires some things from the player (determination, dedication), but it also requires a competent hockey coach.
Donny Meatballs having the foresight to make that center move is the best thing a Sabres coach has been in the Pegula era.
Jim Bob
RIP RJ
I would probably buy that, and I haven't bought Sabres apparel since the Vanek years.
I still don't get why he did that, and even more so, why this is working.
Deep Blue Metallic
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A year ago zero bingo cards had "Tage #1C, Jack is a Golden Knight", but here we are.
Uberpecker
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At what point will we dare to mumble the combination of the number 1 in front of the letter c when talking about this guy?
The ghosts of Luke Adam, Cody Hodgson, Mikhail Greg O'Renko and *shudder* even Ville Leino are still alive and well, haunting these boards, it seems.
But every goal, every assist by The Mighty Giraffe serves as a silver bullet, an exorcism to cleanse these parts from all those undead center spectres.
The ghosts of Luke Adam, Cody Hodgson, Mikhail Greg O'Renko and *shudder* even Ville Leino are still alive and well, haunting these boards, it seems.
But every goal, every assist by The Mighty Giraffe serves as a silver bullet, an exorcism to cleanse these parts from all those undead center spectres.
I think that I heard this on the Instigators Overtime Podcast, but what I heard went something like this:
- Granato always believed that Tage had an elite level shot, creativity, great hands, great vision of the ice and was an excellent skater for a player his size.
- However, he watched that while a winger, defenders quickly found out that they could use the boards almost like another defender as the boards limited Tage's effectiveness by taking away one directional option as to where Tage could move or make a play - making him easy to defend against.
- Granato deduced that if Tage had more ice, he would be less predictable and more difficult to defend- so he put him at center where he then would have the ability to move or pass in any direction - thus unleashing all of the aforementioned creativity, shot and skating, etc.
Buffaloed
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I'm getting fed up with Meatball Man being given all the credit for moving Tage to center.
Why not put Thompson at center? He was drafted as a center.
Why not put Thompson at center? He was drafted as a center.
If we dont win a cup with Tage or Johnson on the roster then we still lose the trade.
Don did coach Thompson when Tage was at the NTDP and he was playing as a center at the time.
and if we win a cup with girgensons, then he was a better pick the Reilly, lindholm, and anyone else who hasn’t won a cup in that draft!!!
He’s playing great. His goal scoring is going to slow down because he’s on an unsustainably high luck streak when it comes to goals over expectations. His shot is legit and can account for some of that, but it won’t continue to double expectation for the whole season
joshjull
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hotcabbagesoup
"I'm going to get what I deserve" -RutgerMcgroarty
CountOlofsson told me that Tage Thompson is the ANSWER so it seems to me the expectations just materialized recently and are sky-high.
