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Who is the most unique player currently in the NHL and/or in NHL history?
Comparing him to Mario is actually wild…. honestly disrespectful
I wanna also give some props. You mention Don Granato, but we also have to look at the man who righted that ship when everyone said it was impossible. I dont think Kevyn Adams gets nearly enough praise for the moves he's made since becoming GM. He found the right coach to not only turn Thompson into a monster, but also to revitalize both Skinner and Okposo. Okposo went from feeling like a drag to a casual fan to feeling like the heart and soul of the team. Good drafting but also good talent management and good jobs identifying some players that would thrive in this system, we gotta look at, like you said, Greenway and Tuch. This team has to be one of the scariest to play now, with all these massive guys who can throw their bodies around but also all the skill those players have to back it up. After so many years of "its a battle between Buffalo and Arizona for who's the worst", actually seeing Buffalo come out of it and feel like a genuine threat to win the cup is fun, and Adams deserves a bit of credit for hiring the right people.
Could only be compared to a prime mario Lemieux 🤣🤣🤣 bruv, I really love watching Thompson, he's a beast and i think one of the most underrated players in the league. But its methhead comments like this that keep you as a second teir hockey channel. And why i don't sub. I get to that point then wonder why i even watch your videos ever…
8:53 Please tell me you're joking – that's Rob Ray, and an obvious photoshop…
I watched this guy play most of the season, and he so lazy AF. He gives up on the play too easy and too one dimensional. He doesn't even try to play defence. Picking him in the Pool was a fail move. If he wants to get better, he needs to do more, move that huge body around more. He can't go end-to-end worth crap! He is a good person to pass too, or make moves in the slot or powerplay. But besides spoonfeeding him all the goals, he can't do jack crap on his own. Reminds me of Patrick Laine.
Just got to meet him yesterday at fan fest he's a great dude and one heck of a player let's go buffalo!!!
Truth!
Did this really need a clickbait title? You're becoming the worst hovkey YouTuber
That man at the end of the video is Rob Ray (yes, that Rob Ray), who is 6'0. Unfortunately, the photo is altered, but it isnt often you see a man make Ray look small, so its nice to poke fun at him!
Great vid rob, I’m a huge fan of tage
Lifelong Sabres fan…I had the opportunity to see tage at UConn back in the day with some teammates and no one knew who he was. What stood out was clearly his size. Fast forward a few years and I was almost ready to give up on him as a sabre. I know he had injuries but he was the type to show flashes of dominance and then just not. His development in buffalo has been Wild. I attest a lot of that to Don Granato and Father Time, some guys just figure it out a bit later at 23-25. He’s the guy now.
To be fair, when he came to the Blues he did not look like an NHL player. A sneeze knocked him off the puck. It was brutal. The Sabres would have taken Robbi Fabbri over Thompson in that trade.
I believe Thompsons breakout season contributed to Slafkovsky going 1st overall at the opportunity to find a similar player.
I hope Elmer Söderblom can become a similar player.
The ROR trade was a rare trade; both teams reaped massive awards. The Blues would win a cup with O'Reilly and the Sabres would receive a superstar in Tage Thompson
In all fairness the Sabres were about to pass on him to until GASP they've moved him to center. Theres been a long running rumor that an Atlantic team (my feeling, was the Bruins) were offered him for basically leftover scraps and turned the trade down..That season he went on to score 40+.
Funny how going back to the 2016 draft Jesse Puljujarvi and Olli Juolevi were top 5 picks
Uh. Ok. Have fun I guess this sounds like you liking the sound of your own voice. HE WAS A FIRST ROUND PICK.
Turn out be one of my favourite players to watch in nhl
Rob, without a doubt, this is your best video yet 👍🏻😊
Maybe you can make a video on coaches who got fired instantly after being hired, like Babcock?
He was playing hurt for the last quarter of the season. Numbers should be higher if he stays healthy but at his size that might be a little hard.
I was sorry to see the Blues trade him because you could see the potential. But you have to give up something to get ROR and that led directly to the Blues winning the Stanley Cup. That's a win for both sides.
Great video! We are so lucky to have him in Buffalo.
Hi Robert!
There's probably been a ton of players with his potential that never panned out because their development was poor. Tage wasn't a sure thing. He was a project that needed a lot of patience and nurturing. I'm sure his uniqueness was the reason it took so long for him, like you said. Once he got that, he became a star. I can't help but think of the other projects that didn't get the development to fulfill their potential that could have laid the groundwork for players like Tage. Even worse the supposed sure things that should not have been projects like the kids on the Rangers whose potential has been stifled for whatever reason.