I'm an actual pendulum with Thompson. I formerly wrote for a Sabres site and in one of our articles, I said Thompson had 20-goal potential under the right circumstances. Point for me, yes?
Then, the following few seasons, he appeared to be just fledgling at the NHL level and I mentally checked-out on him. Point deducted!
Then, when he broke-out last year, I was optimistic as Granato seemed to find the magic combination of elements for Thompson to succeed. I was pleased, but...
When the contract was announced, I was a little nervous about it. I don't know if it was the "Buffalo" in me, but I thought about all of the feel-good things that have happened in Buffalo sports, only for them to completely bomb the can. I wasn't a fan of the risk.
All of my points are gone now, right?