Thoughts On Tage Thompson So Far?

[pastajoe]

He needs to go to Rochester for a little seasoning. He just doesn’t seem to be finishing plays or working with his teammates. I wouldn’t be surprised if he goes down when Larsson is healthy. Let him get some top 6 minutes with the Amerks.

[PalmTreeMafia]

10 hours ago, nucci said:

I remember when i was younger and Punch Imlach told Perreault and Martin to not worry about defense. Your job is to score goals. I miss those days.

 

Sure, but in the year 2018, I would call that fantastically stupid advice.

[Taro T]

13 hours ago, Marions Piazza said:

IMO, he will 'struggle' early on until he finds his groove and the right line mates. 

One thing i noticed about the Vegas game is that Mittelstadt and Thompson had hardly any offensive zone faceoffs, did anyone else notice that?  I wouldve thought that line would be used more offensively than defensively, but, it really didn't seem that way. 

Wasn't paying close attention to who they were out against (was working w/ the game as background noise primarily) but expect that was more a function of matchups than intentionally limiting their O-zone time.

That line would've been eaten alive by Karlsson's line.

[pi2000]

4 hours ago, FuhrUrsinne said:

 

Sure, but in the year 2018, I would call that fantastically stupid advice.

I think it was Brett Hull who, when asked about playing sound defensive hockey, told his coach something like "Do you want me to play defense or score 50 goals?"   

[nucci]

12 hours ago, FuhrUrsinne said:

 

Sure, but in the year 2018, I would call that fantastically stupid advice.

Why? Hockey has become so boring....the league needs to get back to the days of 6-4 scores....

[bob_sauve28]

32 minutes ago, nucci said:

Why? Hockey has become so boring....the league needs to get back to the days of 6-4 scores....

That would require a rules change. My idea is to get rid of the off sides at blue line when attacking, but once in the zone the defense could clear it and the attacking players would have to leave the zone, but after that, they could just return whether the puck was over the line or not. I don't know if that would work, but would like to see it tried. 

[GASabresIUFAN]

4 hours ago, nucci said:

Why? Hockey has become so boring....the league needs to get back to the days of 6-4 scores....

You know goal scoring is way up so far YTD!

Edited October 11, 2018 by GASabresIUFAN

[pi2000]

Just now, GASabresIUFAN said:

You know goal scoring is way up so far YTD!

it's because of the slimmed down chest protectors.  

i've been saying it for years... you want to increase scoring?  reduce the size of the chest protectors.

 

[GASabresIUFAN]

4 minutes ago, pi2000 said:

it's because of the slimmed down chest protectors.  

i've been saying it for years... you want to increase scoring?  reduce the size of the chest protectors.

 

Reducing the size of goalie equipment has helped.  I think the league moving toward younger faster and more skilled players, especially in D, with coaches coaching to a more attacking style has also helped.

[pi2000]

46 minutes ago, GASabresIUFAN said:

Reducing the size of goalie equipment has helped.  I think the league moving toward younger faster and more skilled players, especially in D, with coaches coaching to a more attacking style has also helped.

I'd like to see a year over year graph of league wide shooting percentage... @Randall Flagg @TrueBlueGED ?  

[LGR4GM]

12 minutes ago, pi2000 said:

I'd like to see a year over year graph of league wide shooting percentage... @Randall Flagg @TrueBlueGED ?  

I know sv% was not down last year. 

https://www.hockey-reference.com/leagues/stats.html 

Edited October 11, 2018 by LGR4GM

[Randall Flagg]

Liger's got the only thing I could find with a quick search

[LGR4GM]

10 minutes ago, Randall Flagg said:

Liger's got the only thing I could find with a quick search

I found an unverified source but they only did through 2016. 

[Neo]

1 hour ago, LGR4GM said:

I found an unverified source but they only did through 2016. 

The eighties, baby!  The decade was more than MTV.

And, if you’ll suffer my synthesized musings, I turn to video.  Just like MTV with the Ruggles and Video Killed the Radio Star, we have the NHL with Roger Neilson and Captain Video Killed the NHL Star.

There are successful refinements toward desired outcomes that make the product less joyful.  Here’s to formica laminate, rayon, and the neutral zone trap.

Edited October 11, 2018 by Neo

[pi2000]

2 hours ago, LGR4GM said:

I know sv% was not down last year. 

https://www.hockey-reference.com/leagues/stats.html 

A small sample size, but sv% is at a 12 year low.     Let's see if that continues. 

Also, PP% is at 32 year high at 22%.   The last time PP% was at the 22% mark was in 1985-86.... 

Edited October 11, 2018 by pi2000

[SDS]

4 hours ago, Neo said:

The eighties, baby!  The decade was more than MTV.

And, if you’ll suffer my synthesized musings, I turn to video.  Just like MTV with the Ruggles and Video Killed the Radio Star, we have the NHL with Roger Neilson and Captain Video Killed the NHL Star.

There are successful refinements toward desired outcomes that make the product less joyful.  Here’s to formica laminate, rayon, and the neutral zone trap.

Ban the butterfly. ?

make the keepers stand like they did for 80 years and a billion goals were scored. 

[Sabel79]

Four games in: would benefit from some time in Rochester.  Let's see what's Nylander can do.  

[Neo]

14 minutes ago, SDS said:

Ban the butterfly. ?

make the keepers stand like they did for 80 years and a billion goals were scored. 

I remember Patrick Roy in 1986 ...  and the evolution / revolution that followed.  Good point.

[nucci]

15 hours ago, GASabresIUFAN said:

You know goal scoring is way up so far YTD!

Yes, after 1 week....

[woods-racer]

I really like to watch Tage play.

 

Every time there's a little open ice and just 2 defenders I picture him looking at a team mate and saying *hold my beer*.

It's always fun to watch.

[Sabres Fan in NS]

16 hours ago, Neo said:

The eighties, baby!  The decade was more than MTV.

And, if you’ll suffer my synthesized musings, I turn to video.  Just like MTV with the RBuggles and Video Killed the Radio Star, we have the NHL with Roger Neilson and Captain Video Killed the NHL Star.

There are successful refinements toward desired outcomes that make the product less joyful.  Here’s to formica laminate, rayon, and the neutral zone trap.

Awesome!!

I will even ignore the typo.

And it was 1979 ...

 

[OhMyDahlin]

Waiting for his balls to drop...the kid is soft like charmin, especially for his size.

[Andrew Amerk]

2 hours ago, Dank Dangleson said:

Waiting for his balls to drop...the kid is soft like charmin, especially for his size.

Charmin gets the job done though. 

[Doohicksie]

I thought he played fine against the Yotes.  He didn't score but he did a lot of good things.  And he's still learning.

[SABRES 0311]

On 10/10/2018 at 7:23 PM, bob_sauve28 said:

It's only a few games but he seems like a unique athlete. "Mrs Gump, your boy is different." 

 

I dont mean that in a bad way. So tall, yet he is pretty quick, and has good hands. He looks like he needs to get a little thicker, though. I see why Jbot wanted him and can really see him developing into a dominant two way center. He isn't there yet, though. But having a hulking center out there controlling the middle of the ice for the next six or so years is a nice thought. I like him so far for the potential. 

Your momma sure does care about your playing time.

On 10/12/2018 at 10:18 PM, woods-racer said:

I really like to watch Tage play.

 

Every time there's a little open ice and just 2 defenders I picture him looking at a team mate and saying *hold my beer*.

It's always fun to watch.

I get the feeling he is going to be a difficult power forward someday.