What’s up with Tage Thompson?

[JohanFranzenstein]

f*** this dude. Single handedly tanked my fantasy team.

 

[VivaLasVegas]

Merely wondering how long until Tage demands the non-approved experimental surgery .......

 

[cc]

probably injuries and lack of confidence combined with other teams defending him differently and he hasn't adjusted. Similar to what happened to Pettersson during his down years.
He likely needs a talented veteran on his line to give him a boost

 

[Gregor Samsa]

I will say in every Sabres thread that I see that it is time to put a top prospect and picks on the table to fill out the team. It’s time to see if you’re headed in the right direction or if it’s time to start back at square one. Sabres fans have suffered a lot. Time to shift gears and “go for it”. If they fail, it’s not like it would be worse than their status quo

 

[nbwingsfan]

Last year Tage scored 47g, 47a, 94 points, in 78 games.

This year he has.. 15g, 14a, 29 points in 43 games.

So.. what gives?

1) Injury. Dude was banged up earlier this year, dunno if that’s still the case.
2) Confidence. Tage seems to grip the stick too tightly and second guess decisions. Last year he just got on a heater where things built and built, now he’s trying to get back to that level while also trying to play better D, play more responsibly.
3) Coaching. Granato did well on that first step, putting Tage in a spot to succeed, but it doesn’t seem like there’s much else there. No adjustments, no fine-tuning. He’s not getting Tage out of his own head or back on an upwards trajectory, it feels like it’s just “you can do it” platitudes.

Anyways- Tage could still be a monster, but somethin is off this year. We haven’t really discussed it, everything in Sabres land sucks right now, but this is the worst. Immense talent lookin’ like a Cheechoo, idk what is happening there. Thoughts?

What’s up with the whole Buffalo Sabres team, really.

 

[Faceboner]

Fans of team's player, ask fans of other teams why that player is not doing well?

How the f*** should we know, you watch them all the time, not us...

Poster probably thinks other fans might have insight from their perspective. It's interesting to gauge other fans opinions because they can see something that the fans of the team might not

 

[nbwingsfan]

I feel for Sabres fans, i really do. Despite all the hopes and promising future, they're still bottom feeders and they doing worst than some newly rebuilding teams. I just don't get it, it must be infuriating

They’re trying the Edmonton 2009-2025 model of “play/keep the kids and hope for the best”. It’s worked out just as well.

 

[Gaylord Q Tinkledink]

What does Myers have to do with this ?

f*** this dude. Single handedly tanked my fantasy team.

Same.

 

[Turin]

Injuries/team having a down year.

 

[VaporTrail]

The culture in Buffalo was never fully changed...now they are rescinding back into the abyss.

 

[hamzarocks]

Hes a 40 goal 75 pt guy having a down year

Last year was his peak at 50G + 50A production almost

 

[Voight]

While he showed a lot of improvement the last two years, there was no reason to believe last season wasn't an outlier.

 

[BB79]

Merely wondering how long until Tage demands the non-approved experimental surgery .......

Soon as another fairy tale expansion team is gifted a playoff team out of the gate

 

[TheDawnOfANewTage]

Poster probably thinks other fans might have insight from their perspective. It's interesting to gauge other fans opinions because they can see something that the fans of the team might not

Ya, it’s almost like there should be a message board for league-wide discussion, where you can discuss interesting trends people might not be aware of. Wait..

 

[Bounces R Way]

Not the first and won't be the last guy to struggle the year after they sign a mega contract.

 

[sabremike]

 

[Ducati Boy]

Biggest surprise of the year. Buddy looked like freaking Mario Lemieux against the Bolts last year.

 

[Coffees]

Biggest surprise of the year. Buddy looked like freaking Mario Lemieux against the Bolts last year.

Everyone looks like Lemieux against the Bolts these days

 

[um]

Everyone looks like Lemieux against the Bolts these days

Bolts are in the playoffs you spoiled MFer.

 

[Coffees]

Bolts are in the playoffs you spoiled MFer.

Is Protas available?

 

[um]

Is Protas available?

No!

 

[Coffees]

No!

fine.

 

[Master P]

Stick is too short.

 

[tarheelhockey]

3) Coaching. Granato did well on that first step, putting Tage in a spot to succeed, but it doesn’t seem like there’s much else there. No adjustments, no fine-tuning. He’s not getting Tage out of his own head or back on an upwards trajectory, it feels like it’s just “you can do it” platitudes.

What “adjustments” is he supposed to make to a player?

At the end of the day, the player has to execute.

 

[Straight Fire]

I've been wondering the same thing since about the last third of last season until now too. The guy has sick skills. I hope he doesn't trend toward average long term.