Tage Thompson is a superstar

[Osakahaus]

Much better problem to have than lacking elite top end talent…hopefully the Sabres get the depth they need.It’s a tougher situation than a team that has a lackluster core without a high ceiling. I won’t name names.

Anyways, lame attempt at trying to pump up the Islanders because Thompson slowed down the stretch when he was injured. Hope it made you feel better!

I'll still pump them up because the Sabres still lack a good backend. You can't keep running Power and Dahlin out there expecting them to do all the work.

 

[TageGod]

I'll still pump them up because the Sabres still lack a good backend. You can't keep running Power and Dahlin out there expecting them to do all the work.

You literally avoided mentioning Samuelsson, you know their best defensive D?

 

[Osakahaus]

You literally avoided mentioning Samuelsson, you know their best defensive D?

He should stay healthy

 

[TageGod]

He should stay healthy

Okay? Did you just wake up angry at Buffalo or something? You are just throwing darts at this point. Islanders should have won against Carolina.

 

[Osakahaus]

Okay? Did you just wake up angry at Buffalo or something? You are just throwing darts at this point. Islanders should have won against Carolina.

Im not mad at Buffalo: I'm mad at the insane amount of praise they're getting for a 10th place finish that could've been better from a failed March.

 

[TageGod]

Im not mad at Buffalo: I'm mad at the insane amount of praise they're getting for a 10th place finish that could've been better from a failed March.

This is a Thompson thread. Have you watched him play Hockey? Have you seen his top tier one timers? Where he dekes through entire defenses? Pick a team and I will find you a bad stretch of Hockey.

 

[OG Eberle]

So we need a thread for every superstar now? Where are the threads about McDavid being a superstar, Tkachuk being a superstar, Kaprizov being a superstar, etc? Sabres fan desperate for attention I guess.

They're too busy quietly burning down villages I think

 

[Aladyyn]

Im not mad at Buffalo: I'm mad at the insane amount of praise they're getting for a 10th place finish that could've been better from a failed March.

I'm sorry that some teams are fun to watch and people like them

 

[Hockeyville USA]

34 points in 49 games. Not a great year for the big man

 

[Mattilaus]

34 points in 49 games. Not a great year for the big man

That's what happens when you play injured for 6 weeks on a team with an anemic powerplay. Good bump though.

 

[Havok89]

What a run he had, but Tage Thompson is in fact, no longer a superstar.

 

[Agent Zuuuub]

Tyler Myers of forwards?

 

[BenningHurtsMySoul]

So what happened here? Did teams figure his game out?

He's having a Kuzmenko-type regression.

 

[Nicko999]

He was never that good to begin with. This place tend to massively overrate big bodies. Had a career year last year. Between 60-70 pts is where he should remain for the next few years.

 

[Coffey]

Yea. He's f***en awesome.

WELL DON'T I FEEL STUPID

 

[Mattilaus]

So what happened here? Did teams figure his game out?

He's having a Kuzmenko-type regression.

He had to wear a brace on his hand for 4 weeks, the powerplay has been atrocious, and he is shooting at an unsustainable Low rate (6% lower than the last two seasons). He is still getting chances and they will start to go in again eventually. He isn't a 95-100 point player, but for sure he should settle in around the point per game range.

 

[Nikolajs Sillers]

Nothing goes in lately . Well he has two sons now.

 

[snag]

WELL DON'T I FEEL STUPID

 

[Coffey]

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He looked so good last year!

 

[Neil Patrick Harris]

My first two picks in fantasy this year were Thompson and Jack Hughes.

It has not been a good year.

 

[Voight]

My first two picks in fantasy this year were Thompson and Jack Hughes.

It has not been a good year.

Try picking Jason Robertson 4th overall

 

[bleedgreen]

My first two picks in fantasy this year were Thompson and Jack Hughes.

It has not been a good year.

I have two teams, each has one of those two. Took them both pretty high….neither team is competitive to win now.

 

[Orca Smash]

He has all the skill in the world, the production and effort level from him this year is unacceptable though and I don't see him or buffalo as a team in general being talked about at all in the media outside of buffalo itself.

This should be a much better team with tage leading the way. They need a new coach to start with who has them play with some defensive structure but even that seems impossible for them.

 

[maroon 6]

My first two picks in fantasy this year were Thompson and Jack Hughes.

It has not been a good year.

My first 2 picks as well

Luckily got Miller (ranked first in my league), Q Hughes, Hyman and Dobson with later picks

 

[LarKing]

He had to wear a brace on his hand for 4 weeks, the powerplay has been atrocious, and he is shooting at an unsustainable Low rate (6% lower than the last two seasons). He is still getting chances and they will start to go in again eventually. He isn't a 95-100 point player, but for sure he should settle in around the point per game range.

The 10% is a lot more likely to be closer to his shooting percentage going forward than the 15-16%