Ryan Wilson: Don't sleep on Tage Thompson's Buffalo Sabres Don't sleep on Tage Thompson's Buffalo Sabres

Crazy that we all wanted to trade him for a bag of pucks a few years ago.

Tage Thompson was tracking to be a forgotten prospect from the Ryan O’Reilly trade. Nothing spoke to being a top six player, let alone one of the favorites for the Rocket Richard Trophy. His rise has been tremendous.

A quick google says:

"Draft Projection: His size, strength, footwork and shot give NHL scouts plenty of reason to believe his ceiling is extremely high. "

"If he can mature physically and grow into his frame, he should make a solid first or second line winger at the NHL level."

"If you’re looking for a physical, power forward, Thompson isn’t it. He’s not a physical presence, and in fact could really stand to improve his ability to win battles. He doesn't necessarily shy away from contact, but he certainly doesn't initiate, and that's something he could work on to shift the flow of play into his team's favour. However, if you’re looking for a quality sniper, a lethal power-play threat, and a potential penalty killer at the NHL level who has room to grow, Thompson may very well be a first-round target."

Seems like he was projected pretty high.

No doubt Dylan Cozens and the kid line will match against Sid and co. Keep and eye on Cozens, and let me know what ya think. I call him a baby Bergeron. OMW to the show now. Friday night and there's gonna be some goals tonight!

Jayson Megna on waivers. Breaking news!

That lady was out of tune lol

So are the pens

Jarry saving our asses so far. Slow start against the BJ's is one thing, but Buffalo is an entirely different story right now.

Fück Dumo is awful under pressure

This is probably the worst I've seen them play since that 7 game losing streak... Zuckers brain is somewhere else so far it seems...

Fück Dumo is awful under pressure
- Thorny87

I thought he just made a great play to keep in Sabres zone

Fück Dumo is awful
- Thorny87

Fixed that for ya lol

I thought he just made a great play to keep in Sabres zone
- MattStrat

He and Rutta are brutal together.

To be fair no one is on the ball right now

Besides Jarry

Rutta with by far our best scoring chance so far...on Jarry of course.

Geno and Zuck are looking great out there. Haha.

He and Rutta are brutal together.

To be fair no one is on the ball right now

Besides Jarry
- Thorny87

But they're not brutal together ... Their underlying stats have been pretty dman good since November 1st..dumo has bend 2nd and 3rd in a lot of stats. I did a big post about this in the last blog.

Dumos underlying are better than Marinos since November 1st.

But they're not brutal together ... Their underlying stats have been pretty dman good since November 1st..dumo has bend 2nd and 3rd in a lot of stats. I did a big post about this in the last blog.

Dumos underlying are better than Marinos since November 1st.
- MattStrat

You’re watching this game right? They’re turning it over multiple times per shift in our end.

Everything good from that period came on the backs or Archibald and McGinn. Archy forces a Dahlin turnover that ends up on SIDS stick going the other way. McGinn forces a Dahlin turnover then draws the penalty. Maybe against the good teams those guys could get more of a look.

Now that Jarry kept us in that 20. Maybe this will be the 20 we play.

But they're not brutal together ... Their underlying stats have been pretty dman good since November 1st..dumo has bend 2nd and 3rd in a lot of stats. I did a big post about this in the last blog.

Dumos underlying are better than Marinos since November 1st.
- MattStrat

Fancy stats don't show things like Rutta nearly scoring on Jarry off Rak's skate, or that pair instantly killing all the momentum of a dominant PP by getting pinned in our zone for an entire shift.

Fancy stats don't show things like Rutta nearly scoring on Jarry off Rak's skate, or that pair instantly killing all the momentum of a dominant PP by getting pinned in our zone for an entire shift.
- Pags

They shot 14 shots into Sabre’s players shin pads and gave them a huge momentum boost. Hardly a dominant power play.

You’re watching this game right? They’re turning it over multiple times per shift in our end.
- Thorny87

You didn't say brutal together tonight, you said brutal together. I already said this is the worst I've seen the team play since the losing streak. They are included in that.

They shot 14 shots into Sabre’s players shin pads and gave them a huge momentum boost. Hardly a dominant power play.
- Grinder47

Y’a know for pittsburgh you got to call that a win.

You didn't say brutal together tonight, you said brutal together. I already said this is the worst I've seen the team play since the losing streak. They are included in that.
- MattStrat

I’ll be more specific next time.

I’ll be more specific next time.
- Thorny87

Hahaha

Skate Skate Skate can Pittsburgh keep the pace if Buffalo turns it up another notch. Buffalo seems to have there legs tonight.