“One Of The Best Players In The World” | Alex Tuch Praises Tage Thompson After Buffalo Sabres Win
You guys go behind early what you like about the way you responded to yeah I don’t think we got down on ourselves I think we just tried to uh play a little simpler get our energy up a little bit and uh it took us a little longer than
We wanted to but um all in all I thought it was it was a good game by by us and uh when we needed to Beast was keeping them out and uh we just Tred to capitalize in some of their mistakes how big were those penalty kills in the
First period you know just given the circumstances five on three no it was great the 5 on3 did an unbelievable job obviously I can’t take that penalty um just I think our PK was great today obviously uh we didn’t get any power plays uh but our PK our special teams
Was awesome and uh guys did a great job some Big Blocks and like I said I mean uh uh Deon played awesome and we you’re when you have a good PK your best pkers your goalie and we needed him to be great tonight and he was to have the
Consistency you and T are both having right now um how does it feel to just be so in sync and productive night in night out I think it’s taken a little bit longer than we wanted to this season and we’ve played a lot together this year
And um I think we had some really good chemistry and lately we’ve been capitalizing on some opportunities and uh and producing a little bit more than we have during parts of the season but we’re just trying to play good team hockey and obviously uh I think we had a
Couple one or two minuses in the first are we wanted to I think that was our biggest issue is uh we let them get a couple when we were out there and so we wanted to get a couple back for the team and uh when you’re playing that way when
You’re thinking defense first I think a lot of other things happen offensively for you and that’s what we’ve been trying to focus on how much confidence is Def you guys when he makes critical saves like he did tonight couple breakaways and some other ones yeah it’s
Huge I mean I I think honestly both him and and uh UPL have been unbelievable for us in the past few uh few months honestly ever since uh dein came came up he’s been great he was great against Vancouver even though we got the loss there I thought he would played really
Well and he kept us in it even though we weren’t getting a lot of opportunities offensively and same with tonight I mean we started off a little slow and he was able to keep it uh to an a reachable um I guess uh comeback there for us and
We’re able to help him out as much as possible what’s it do for you guys when when the Puck’s going in for Tage like that like what kind of effect does that have on the team oh I get some free apples to be honest so it’s nice for me
No I’m just when when he’s feeling it like that it’s uh it’s I mean he’s he’s one of the best players in the world I feel like he’s dominant out there and he just takes over games and uh when you’re playing with a guy like that I’m just
Trying to create as much room and space and and get him to Puck as much as much as possible and he was able to find find himself in the slot there for a couple really good gr a opportunities and he was able to cash in and so that’s h and
I think if he continues to roll with that confidence uh you never know what’ll happen on the stretch here
Buffalo Sabres forward Alex Tuch spoke with the media after the team’s 5-2 win over the New Jersey Devils on March 29, 2024. Tage Thompson scored four goals in the win.
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