Tage Thompson doesn't impress so far

[Aladyyn]

Last year the Thompson line was one of the best in the entire league, why experiment with a guy on the top line whose career high is 32 points?

The line was better with Mittelstadt to end the season and they started this season terribly, that's why

 

[FrozenJagrt]

Gotta love October threads.

 

[norrisnick]

He said he's been unimpressive and quoted his stat line. Thompson has been really good, especially the last few games. The puck just hasn't gone in.

That's how you start a discussion.

 

[Tufted Titmouse]

The curse of the HFBoards poll section. Once people start comparing you to players who have done it for years, people will be all over you for a slow start.

 

[Nikolajs Sillers]

Sabres not impress so far.

They say a picture is worth a thousand words.

Thompson, at least last year, was incredibly streaky. 12 goals, 20 pts in 4 games last year against bad teams.

Thats 20% of his scoring in 5% of games.

If you include 3 pts nights, he had 41 pts in 11 games.

He also had about 24 games without a single point.

Wouldnt surprise me if he exploded sooner than later

Exploded you say?

 

[Janvonpobben]

It's been 6 games

Have you seen Erik Karlsson threads. If he goes two games without a point and is minus there have always been reactive threads about him.

 

[Machinehead]

Every good player has a stretch where the chips just don't fall for them at some point in the season. The microscopes are always out at the beginning of the season and in the playoffs.

 

[WhiskeyYerTheDevils]

Have you seen Erik Karlsson threads. If he goes two games without a point and is minus there have always been reactive threads about him.

Okay, those are just as stupid as well.

 

[zar]

Buffalo should reunite the Skinner-Thompson-Tuch line because Greenway is just not cut for a top 6 role on any team.


Are you in a 2 man league?

It was last season… 10 man league.

In Yahoo, good Cs are abundant because you can only dress 2 per game day. Thompson just came off what some thought could be an outlier season and Ullmark was somewhat a question mark because he just came from the Sabres.

 

[RickyLafleur]

It was last season… 10 man league.

In Yahoo, good Cs are abundant because you can only dress 2 per game day. Thompson just came off what some thought could be an outlier season and Ullmark was somewhat a question mark because he just came from the Sabres.

Thompson has had 2 good seasons in a row. You should ask your commissioner to change the rules at that point because if you forced to only dress 2 centers, odds are everyone in your league has a super team.

 

[Fire Sweeney]

You know a $50m player is playing bad when fans pull up "advanced" stats to justify his play.

 

[Zman5778]

Buffalo should reunite the Skinner-Thompson-Tuch line because Greenway is just not cut for a top 6 role on any team.

Greenway has probably been our 2nd best forward to start the season behind only Mitts.

And the Greenway-Tage-Cozens Line of Giants has been infinitely better in their games together this season than the old standby was.

 

[Mulletman]

When he goes 15-20 games pacing like a 60 point guy, the “was last year a flash in the pan” convos become more reasonable.

Well Tage has 9+11=20 points in his last 28 games. That's a pace of 26+32=58 points over 82 games. So yeah he's pretty much at the point when we should start questioning if he was mostly a one hit wonder...

 

[GeeoffBrown]

Well Tage has 9+11=20 points in his last 28 games. That's a pace of 26+32=58 points over 82 games. So yeah he's pretty much at the point when we should start questioning if he was mostly a one hit wonder...

28 games is an oddly specific number. Did he have 5 points or something in that 29th game?

 

[Colorado Avalanche]

Okay, so you’re 6’7”

That don’t impress me much

So you have Skinner But have you got the Tuch

Now don’t get me wrong yeah I think you’re alright

But that won’t help my fantasy team win tonight

Thread done

 

[zar]

Thompson has had 2 good seasons in a row. You should ask your commissioner to change the rules at that point because if you forced to only dress 2 centers, odds are everyone in your league has a super team.

You should really stop and read posts before responding to them.

It was last season’s draft (22/23) where I picked Tage Thompson in the final round. The reason he was available that late is because many thought his previous season (21/22) was an outlier.

Yahoo pools are, for the most part, very generic… in 98% of the pools you can only dress 2 Cs per game day. You can add flex roster positions but most don’t.

 

[Mulletman]

28 games is an oddly specific number. Did he have 5 points or something in that 29th game?

28 games is as close as it gets to 1/3 of a regular season.

 

[KeyserSoze81]

Well Tage has 9+11=20 points in his last 28 games. That's a pace of 26+32=58 points over 82 games. So yeah he's pretty much at the point when we should start questioning if he was mostly a one hit wonder...

I'm all for including the 6 games to start this season, but he was playing through injury to end the year. It was clear that he was being impacted heavily by the injury. I think that 1.75 seasons of top 15 center type performance buys him a little bit of a runway.

 

[SimpleJack]

Well Tage has 9+11=20 points in his last 28 games. That's a pace of 26+32=58 points over 82 games. So yeah he's pretty much at the point when we should start questioning if he was mostly a one hit wonder...

Lol

 

[Ducer]

Buffalo need's to put someone in front of the net during the power play, team had no desperation to tie the game last nite.

 

[ricky0034]

28 games is an oddly specific number. Did he have 5 points or something in that 29th game?

3

and 3 in the 30th one too

 

[Meichel Kane]

Well Tage has 9+11=20 points in his last 28 games. That's a pace of 26+32=58 points over 82 games. So yeah he's pretty much at the point when we should start questioning if he was mostly a one hit wonder...

Does 2021-22 not count?

 

[ricky0034]

Does 2021-22 not count?

it was a long song

McDavid is a one hit wonder too

 

[SomeDude]

 

[WarriorofTime]

The good ol' reverse jinx