Detroit will come back to the playoffs next season, Yzerman has done a great job in this rebuild

That seems like a lot to give up for Thompson

What in the f*ck is that Thompson trade....Tage Thompson???

The value is solid, but for Buffalo it makes no sense to trade Thompson.

Give up all of those pieces, For a guy who has 32 points this season and meh the other seasons. don't think so Thompson isn't worth all of that.

Tage isn't being traded. Although that's a strong offer

Tell me you haven't watched a sabres game this season without telling me you've watched a sabres game this season

Tage is having a good season but he's not worth that price. LOL

Hey the dudes good, but not nowhere near that kind of price.

32 points in 42 games that’s a 62 point pace. And it’s first first year playing center.

Obviously this dude thinks that Thompson is half as good as Jack Eichel, he's decent but not for that price.

Overpaying for Thompson obviously but look at that absolutely horrendous blueline. Poor Nedeljkovic is going to get murdered out there

I like the trust in Pius Suter but I don’t see him as second line center for a cup contender. Ideally he provides offense on the third line.

Blueline will get far better once Edvinsson, Johannson and Wallinder come up. If we don't sign a LD long term that is.

So the solution is just throw a bunch of rookies in at the same time? Yeah that'll be great for their development!

DOES ANYONE REMEMBER AA??????????

The ONLY way the Sabres would agree to that is of they REALLY LIKE Hronek
Bc 2 disappointing prospects in Zadina & Velano have very little value

Most likely…. for the Sabres to even consider trading Tage,
you’re gonna have to make the Velano & Zadina pieces MUCH better
Bc i just don’t see us having interest in them

And Thompson has developed into a nice young player for us

Zadina & Velano have little to no value imo
2 extremely disappointing prospects/young players up to this point
Tage is producing more than them combined

I think both Sabre fans and Detroit fans will prefer to pass on that deal - I for one would like to see how far Thompson can progress - over time he's gotten his weight up from 195 to 218 and has increased his confidence he has gone from a forth line RW to a legit 2C and I think he's better now than at the beginning of the season, he's 24 so he's getting to that point where you are what you are but a little upside is still possible.

All speed, good hands, no defense.

Tage was once viewed the same way. How soon we pretend to forget.

Sure he was
And i would’ve said he value 2yrs ago was minimal as well

But just bc Tage developed eventually,
that doesn’t mean Zadina &/or Velano will
Heck…. Doesn’t seem like the guy who proposed this deal thinks they’ll develop
Bc if he did, then he’d be nuts to propose this

I’m not saying they’ll definitely be busts
Who knows?
But they’ve been disappointing to this point, so i just don’t see them having much value

I don’t see this trade getting done

It doesn't mean they won't develop either. Sabres fans are the last fanbase who should be knocking other teams prospects becoming busts. It's hilarious actually. It's also funny how you're making Tage Thompson out to be Pat LaFontaine or Gilbert Perrault. To each their own. It's Veleno by the way.

I’m not making him out to be anyone
But he’s a young player who developed well here
No reason we’d trade him for disappointing young players who aren’t producing

Sure they might develop
But that doesn’t mean they have trade value right now
U can keep your lotto tix- NO INTEREST

For four years I have maintained that it takes longer for big players to develop, it finally happened this year.
Detroit does get the best player in the deal but Buffalo fills two holes RW and RHD while adding a center.
With Cozens, Mittelstadt and Krebs Buffalo still has depth at center.
I absolutely love the Skinner-Thompson-Tuch line and would hate to break it up.
I would make this trade because it fills holes in the Buffalo line up while trading away a player from a position that Buffalo has some depth.
IDK if Detroit would want to give up that many young players who may still develop.