Brewin Flames Posted August 31, 2022 Share Posted August 31, 2022 Thompson agrees to seven-year contract extension with Sabres Forward will make $7.14 million annually, set NHL career highs in goals, assists, points last season NHL.com @NHLdotcom August 30, 2022 Tage Thompson agreed to a seven-year, $50 million contract extension with the Buffalo Sabres on Tuesday. The contract, which starts next season, has an average annual value of $7.14 million. The 24-year-old forward has one season remaining on a three-year, $4.2 million contract ($1.4 million AAV) he signed with Buffalo on Oct. 5, 2020. He set NHL career highs in goals (38), assists (30) and points (68) in 78 games last season. "Tage Thompson embodies the pride we expect from every player who wears the Buffalo Sabres sweater," Sabres general manager Kevyn Adams said. "His success last season is a testament to his unrelenting dedication to his craft and commitment to bettering the team both on and off the ice, which we believe will help us reach even greater heights moving forward." Thompson had said after last season ended that he was hoping to stay with the Sabres in the long term. "This is a place I want to be at for a very long time," he said May 1. "I want to be a guy that helps this team win and make the playoffs and win a Stanley Cup, and obviously those are all just words and you've got to put that into action. "I'm excited to be a guy that's a Buffalo Sabre and I think we've got lot of guys in the room that feel the same way about our team as I do." Selected by the St. Louis Blues in the first round (No. 26) of the 2016 NHL Draft, Thompson has 103 points (56 goals, 47 assists) in 223 regular-season games with the Blues and Sabres. Thompson was acquired by Buffalo in the trade for forward Ryan O'Reilly on July 1, 2018. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OccamsRazor Posted August 31, 2022 Share Posted August 31, 2022 Wow so one good year where you score 38 goals lands you a contract like this. Unreal. I guess this is the new norm. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yave1964 Posted August 31, 2022 Share Posted August 31, 2022 Like the kid but until last seas he was a busr. If he slips they will be ob the hook for both he and skinner. Sabres must be banking on the cap really going up...... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JR Ewing Posted August 31, 2022 Share Posted August 31, 2022 Wow. Thompson had a terrific year, but that's literally it: he's only played one full NHL season. Tying up $49M over 7 years is an awful lot of risk, especially for a guy who has never produced like that before. For the sake of Buffalo's long suffering fans, I hope it works. 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomdog Posted September 1, 2022 Share Posted September 1, 2022 Signings like this are exactly why teams are like Buffalo. Imo this is a pretty stupid contract. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brewin Flames Posted September 1, 2022 Author Share Posted September 1, 2022 Yep, massive over payment. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TropicalFruitGirl26 Posted September 2, 2022 Share Posted September 2, 2022 Agree with those who are saying it is a huge gamble. I've always liked his potential, but like many have pointed out already, it wasn't until last year that he actually realized that potential. Now it falls on the player to show he wasn't a 'one night only' performance and THAT is who he really is....otherwise....yikes... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buffalo Rick Posted September 20, 2022 Share Posted September 20, 2022 On 8/31/2022 at 11:49 AM, OccamsRazor said: Wow so one good year where you score 38 goals lands you a contract like this. Unreal. I guess this is the new norm. This is the first I heard of this. Unreal is right. WTF. And if Middlestadt has a big year are we going to give him the same? We just cant continue this. I was shocked at Thompson taking such a big step last year. I did not see it coming. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buffalo Rick Posted September 24, 2022 Share Posted September 24, 2022 On 9/1/2022 at 10:55 AM, Tomdog said: Signings like this are exactly why teams are like Buffalo. Imo this is a pretty stupid contract. Like Buffalo? Philly might just suck way more than us the next year? And the Bills are pretty good fella Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Samifan Posted September 25, 2022 Share Posted September 25, 2022 22 hours ago, Hockey Junkie said: Like Buffalo? Philly WILL suck way more than us the next year? fixed it for you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buffalo Rick Posted September 29, 2022 Share Posted September 29, 2022 On 9/25/2022 at 8:33 AM, Samifan said: fixed it for you. Well now that Eichel is gone, they likely have some money Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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