Confirmed Signing with Link: [BUF] F Tage Thompson signs extension with the Sabres (7 years, $7.14M AAV)

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[super6646]

Time for… Weekes… of… fortune!

 

[Gurglesons]

Hm. Hope it isn’t too high.

 

[Weltschmerz]

Hm. Hope it isn’t too high.

 

[BKarchitect]

One the leagues most improved players last year. Really impressive and I suspect he’s good to at least maintain that level moving forward. I think he’s earned a pretty big extension and he’ll be worth it.

 

[Skinnyjimmy08]

He picked a great time to finally have a good year

I honestly figured he would be a bust but then had a deadly season... Already almost 25 years old

 

[elchud]

With just the one season, completely unexpected, 6x6 seems fair.

6 x 6.8 is about as high as i want to see

 

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[Gaylord Q Tinkledink]

Will be curious to see what the contract is. Then makes Buffalo more interesting to watch.

Do they take that step closer to the playoffs. Does Tage rip it up again, or does he revert back to his .5 points per game, or lower self.

 

[Jared Dunn]

Betting it's basically the Josh Anderson contract if this is the case

 

[Gurglesons]

Seven years? Big yikes!

 

[3074326]

Will be curious to see what the contract is. Then makes Buffalo more interesting to watch.

Do they take that step closer to the playoffs. Does Tage rip it up again, or does he revert back to his .5 points per game, or lower self.

Same. Very intrigued by this one. Would love to see him rip it up, but man. Feels a little outlier-y.

I hope I'm wrong, Buffalo fans. Not trying to talk shit. He's a unique player and it was cool watching him last season.

 

[TommyDangles]

Betting it's basically the Josh Anderson contract if this is the case

7 years 5.5M would be a steal

 

[TheImpatientPanther]

I'd take a 2 yr bridge straight to free agency and Buffalo can offer that 8th year deal if they start competing and become a legit threat in the East.

2 yrs x $6.5 mil and likely lands $8+ mil on next deal if he can become a consistent 30+ goal, 80pt player in next few seasons.

If not 2 years, it's risky for Buffalo to offer 7-8 yrs IMO but obviously depends on cap hit. I'd think 7.5 x 6-7 years makes sense for both sides?

**Move Skinner in a couple years if he can recoup more value in 30 goals, Buffaloretains a chunk**

 

[Nikolajs Sillers]

Sabres would be happy for 6x6.

 

[Jared Dunn]

7 years 5.5M would be a steal

Probably, but I'd be surprised if it were much higher based on one great season after basically looking like a 4th liner. Quite a bit of risk on a long term deal

EDIT: Aaaaaand I'm wrong yeesh hope for Sabres' fans sake last year is closer to the norm

 

[Taro Tsujimoto]

 

[MOGlLNY]

Not a penny over 6, seriously.

 

[EddieTheEagle]

Me no likey.

 

[MOGlLNY]

Jesus this is a heavy heavy bet by Adams. I don't know man.

 

[Uncle Scrooge]

I remember when Buffalo had that 10-game winning streak a few years ago, Thompson scored a couple goals where I went "wow, only really good players can do that".

Still didn't expect him to break out the way he did last year. It was nice to see and hopefully he can keep it up. 6'7" centers with a good shot don't grow on trees.

 

[BKarchitect]

Surprised at the skepticism. Not a Sabres fan by any means but Tage felt like a giant condor coming into his own last year. Didn’t feel flukey at all as he added the responsibility of playing center, on both special teams and leading a low scoring club while essentially playing 2nd line minutes (the way the Sabres distributed playing time didn’t really feature a first line).

How often do we have to say it..sometimes big guys take a little while to grow their game into their bodies and few have had as much body to try to get comfortable with at Tage. He just did a lot last year, it wasn’t simply about him scoring more. I think he’s a core player for that franchise and a very unique talent.

 

[Kevin27NYI]

What’s the argument for this size of a contract? Should have been a 2-4 year deal.

 

[KrakenSabresMike]

Me no likey.

If he matches his production next year its a steal. Look at the other contract comparable, the cap going up and the price of goals…

 

[Kevin27NYI]

If he matches his production next year its a steal. Look at the other contract comparable, the cap going up and the price of goals…

At over 7 million a year, how is it a steal?