Confirmed with Link: Tage Thompson resigned for 3 years, $1.4M AAV

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Sabres re-sign Tage Thompson to three-year deal

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[Buffaloed]

 

[Zman5778]

Three years???? $1.4 mil AAV?? Welllllll huh.

That's........not what I expected.

 

[SackTastic]

So which one of the daughters is he dating now then?

 

[vcv]

Three years???? $1.4 mil AAV?? Welllllll huh.

That's........not what I expected.

Guess they are banking on him immediately outplaying whatever his QO would have been.

 

[Zman5778]

Guess they are banking on him immediately outplaying whatever his QO would have been.

This deal certainly seems like they seem him as a Sabre whenever the season starts. If there's smoke to the Schmaltz rumors, RW is starting to get a bit crowded unless..................

 

[dotcommunism]

Not sure I get this. Presumably they're gambling that he'll break out, and the deal will turn into a steal, but it feels like he'd need to break out in a pretty big way for that to be the case, and I just don't see any reason to assume that will happen. Even if he manages to establish himself as a legitimate NHLer next year, they'd probably still be able to sign him for roughly what he'd make in years 2 and 3 of this deal.

 

[joshjull]

Small risk with possible nice reward by years 2 and 3.

 

[Zman5778]

Not sure I get this. Presumably they're gambling that he'll break out, and the deal will turn into a steal, but it feels like he'd need to break out in a pretty big way for that to be the case, and I just don't see any reason to assume that will happen. Even if he manages to establish himself as a legitimate NHLer next year, they'd probably still be able to sign him for roughly what he'd make in years 2 and 3 of this deal.

Yeah. It's the term that baffles me more than the money. $1.4m AAV? Meh, who cares. We've got the space. But 3 years? On Tage? Coming off an injury? I thought for sure we'd make him take his QO.

 

[Buffaloed]

Sabres were worried that he was going to attract an offer sheet and go on to star in another city while all they got was a 3rd round pick.

 

[XX]

Yeah. It's the term that baffles me more than the money. $1.4m AAV? Meh, who cares. We've got the space. But 3 years? On Tage? Coming off an injury? I thought for sure we'd make him take his QO.

Possible he is trade bait? Specifically for Schmaltz. Jankowski and Armstrong both presumably like him a lot.

 

[Zman5778]

Sabres were worried that he was going to attract an offer sheet and go on to star in another city while all they got was a 3rd round pick.

Frankly, I think I would have taken the 3rd round pick.

 

[Zman5778]

Possible he is trade bait? Specifically for Schmaltz. Jankowski and Armstrong both presumably like him a lot.

It is entirely possible that he is indeed trade bait.

Of course with Schmaltz being a RW. And Tage being a RW.........I'm more than a little paranoid that the RW we're dangling as trade bait in a deal is Reinhart.

 

[SackTastic]

Yeah. It's the term that baffles me more than the money. $1.4m AAV? Meh, who cares. We've got the space. But 3 years? On Tage? Coming off an injury? I thought for sure we'd make him take his QO.

He has played in only 46% of the possible NHL games on his last deal. 10G/11A , 21 points for a solid 0.08 points per game, at an outstanding -34.

He clearly deserves a raise!

 

[joshjull]

Yeah. It's the term that baffles me more than the money. $1.4m AAV? Meh, who cares. We've got the space. But 3 years? On Tage? Coming off an injury? I thought for sure we'd make him take his QO.

I’m assume they have faith in him. If he pans out it’s a good to great deal. If not it’s meh.

 

[Gras]

Possible he is trade bait? Specifically for Schmaltz. Jankowski and Armstrong both presumably like him a lot.

Tage has been hanging out in the PHX metro for the offseason, he was playing golf about a mile from my childhood home.

 

[SackTastic]

Guess they are banking on him immediately outplaying whatever his QO would have been.

His QO was the 105% level, so $971k and change.

Still too much.

 

[joshjull]

 

[XX]

Tage has been hanging out in the PHX metro for the offseason, he was playing golf about a mile from my childhood home.

I'm not going to be surprised if Schmaltz is Buffalo property by the end of the 2nd round then.

Coyotes hired Jankowski and he's running the draft, able to participate.

 

[Beerz]

It is entirely possible that he is indeed trade bait.

Of course with Schmaltz being a RW. And Tage being a RW.........I'm more than a little paranoid that the RW we're dangling as trade bait in a deal is Reinhart.

Don't get my hopes up!

 

[Fjordy]

I'm fine with that. I believe in him more than in Mitts.

 

[CrazyPsycho]

Frankly, I think I would have taken the 3rd round pick.

So we can draft a European D that will never make it over?

 

[Buffaloed]

Yeah. It's the term that baffles me more than the money. $1.4m AAV? Meh, who cares. We've got the space. But 3 years? On Tage? Coming off an injury? I thought for sure we'd make him take his QO.

Adams didn't want to burned by nickling and diming him (aka Piluting). If he doesn't sign his QO he can sign with any team for $1,439,820 AAV and the Sabres either have to match or get no compensation.

 

[BlueSeal]

Easy to move, no risk contract. Simple. Everyone wins.

 

[Gras]