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Tage Thompson

#72

age26

posC

shotr

h6'6"

w220lbs

Buyout Cap Relief

Current Contract

Cap Hit

$7,142,857$7.14M

Year 2 of 7

23/24

24/25

29/30

Expiry Status

UFA 2030 age 32

Profile

Draft Team

Round1

Pick26

Year2016

Agent Jerry Buckley

Birthdate Oct 30, 1997

Birthplace Phoenix, Arizona

Nationality USA

UFA Year 2025

ELC Year 19

Waivers Eligibility Eligible

Est Career Earnings $21,260,715

2024-25 Stats

Regular Season

GP3

PPG0.33

PIM2

EV TOI/GM

G60 0.00

P60 0.00

GF% 0.00

DFF% 0.00

REL DFF% 0.00

CF% 0.00

REL CF% 0.00

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2023-2030 Standard Contract

term7yrs

value$49,999,999$50.00M

cap hit$7,142,857$7.14M

Tage Thompson is currently signed to a 7-year contract with a cap hit of $7,142,857 per season. His contract expires at the end of the 2029-30 season, when Thompson is 32 years old.

Signed On Aug 30 2022

Signing Agent Jerry Buckley

Signed By

% Cap Contract Start 8.55%

Signing Status RFAage 24

Abbreviated $Amounts

	2023-24	2024-25	2025-26	2026-27	2027-28	2028-29	2029-30	2030
Cap Hit	$7,142,857$7.14M	$7,142,857$7.14M	$7,142,857$7.14M	$7,142,857$7.14M	$7,142,857$7.14M	$7,142,857$7.14M	$7,142,857$7.14M	UFAage 32
AAV	$7,142,857$7.14M	$7,142,857$7.14M	$7,142,857$7.14M	$7,142,857$7.14M	$7,142,857$7.14M	$7,142,857$7.14M	$7,142,857$7.14M
Base	$5,142,858$5.14M	$7,142,857$7.14M	$7,142,857$7.14M	$7,142,857$7.14M	$7,142,857$7.14M	$7,142,857$7.14M	$7,142,857$7.14M
Performance Bonuses	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Signing Bonuses	$2,000,000$2.00M	-	-	-	-	-	-
Total Salary	$7,142,858$7.14M	$7,142,857$7.14M	$7,142,857$7.14M	$7,142,857$7.14M	$7,142,857$7.14M	$7,142,857$7.14M	$7,142,857$7.14M
Minors Salary	$7,142,858$7.14M	$7,142,857$7.14M	$7,142,857$7.14M	$7,142,857$7.14M	$7,142,857$7.14M	$7,142,857$7.14M	$7,142,857$7.14M
Clauses			M-NTC	M-NTC	M-NTC	M-NTC	M-NTC
Year Type	RFA	RFA	UFA	UFA	UFA	UFA	UFA
UFA Year
Buy Out			Buy Out	Buy Out	Buy Out	Buy Out	Buy Out

Notes

5 team No Trade List Years 3-7

Career Stats By Contract

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Season	Cap Hit	League	Team	GP	G	A	TP	PIM	TOI	GF%	DFF%	Rel DFF%	CF%	Rel CF%	G60	P60	Playoffs	GP	G	A	TP	PIM
2024-25	$7,142,857 $7.14M	NHL	Buffalo Sabres	3	1	0	1	2
2023-24	$7,142,857 $7.14M	NHL	Buffalo Sabres	71	29	27	56	43	954	56.10	50.20	1.00	53.30	3.30	1.01	1.82
2022-23	$1,400,000 $1.40M	NHL	Buffalo Sabres	78	47	47	94	39	1,057	54.50	51.40	1.70	53.80	3.10	1.42	3.01
2021-22	$1,400,000 $1.40M	NHL	Buffalo Sabres	78	38	30	68	37	1,045	49.60	48.00	2.50	50.70	2.80	1.38	2.64
2020-21	$1,400,000 $1.40M	WC	USA	8	1	4	5	2
2020-21	$1,400,000 $1.40M	NHL	Buffalo Sabres	38	8	6	14	17	464	44.80	47.10	1.60	45.40	-0.50	0.39	1.03
2019-20	$925,000 $925K	NHL	Buffalo Sabres	1	0	0	0	0	7		62.90	20.60	53.80	3.00
2019-20	$925,000 $925K	AHL	Rochester Americans	16	6	6	12	8
2018-19	$925,000 $925K	AHL	Rochester Americans	8	6	3	9	4									Playoffs	3	2	0	2	0
2018-19	$925,000 $925K	NHL	Buffalo Sabres	65	7	5	12	20	716	29.17	40.77	-7.35	47.29	-2.72	0.50	0.84
2017-18	$925,000 $925K	WC	USA	10	1	2	3	16
2017-18	$925,000 $925K	AHL	San Antonio Rampage	30	8	10	18	4
2017-18	$925,000 $925K	NHL	St. Louis Blues	41	3	6	9	12	439	31.03	44.82	-7.74	50.28	-1.02	0.41	0.96
2016-17	$0 $0K	AHL	Chicago Wolves	16	1	1	2	2									Playoffs	10	2	1	3	0
2016-17	$0 $0K	WJC-20	USA U20	7	1	4	5	4
2016-17	$0 $0K	NCAA	Univ. of Connecticut	34	19	13	32	24
2015-16	$0 $0K	NCAA	Univ. of Connecticut	36	14	18	32	12
2014-15	$0 $0K	WJC-18	USA U18	7	0	1	1	2
2014-15	$0 $0K	USA-S17	Team Red	5	4	3	7	0
2014-15	$0 $0K	USHL	USNTDP Juniors	25	7	7	14	20
2014-15	$0 $0K	NTDP	U.S. National U18 Team	64	12	14	26	32
2013-14	$0 $0K	USPHL 16U	P.A.L. Junior Islanders 16U AAA	16	17	14	31	8
2012-13	$0 $0K	OHL Cup	Elite Hockey Group	3	0	0	0	0
2012-13	$0 $0K	AYHL 16UA	Long Island Royals 15U AAA	16	14	14	28	19
2011-12	$0 $0K	AYHL 14U	Mid Fairfield Rangers 14U AAA	22	16	5	21	10
2010-11	$0 $0K	14U AA	Alaska All Stars 14U AA	12	23	29	52	6									Playoffs	5	8	5	13	0
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Contract History

2020-2023 Standard Contract

term3yrs

value$4,200,000$4.20M

cap hit$1,400,000$1.40M

expiry 2023 RFA age 25

Signed On Oct 5 2020

Signing Agent Jerry Buckley

Signed By

% Cap Contract Start 1.72%

Signing Status RFAage 22

Qualifying Offer $1,600,000$1.60M

Arbitration Eligible

Abbreviated $Amounts

	2020-21	2021-22	2022-23	2023
Cap Hit	$1,400,000$1.40M	$1,400,000$1.40M	$1,400,000$1.40M	RFAage 25
AAV	$1,400,000$1.40M	$1,400,000$1.40M	$1,400,000$1.40M
Base	$1,200,000$1.20M	$1,400,000$1.40M	$1,600,000$1.60M
Performance Bonuses	-	-	-
Signing Bonuses	-	-	-
Total Salary	$1,200,000$1.20M	$1,400,000$1.40M	$1,600,000$1.60M
Minors Salary	$1,200,000$1.20M	$1,400,000$1.40M	$1,600,000$1.60M
Clauses
Year Type	RFA	RFA	RFA
UFA Year

2017-2020 Entry Level Contract

term3yrs

value$3,412,500$3.41M

cap hit$1,137,500$1.14M

expiry 2020 RFA age 22

Signed On Mar 7 2017

Signing Agent Jerry Buckley

Signed By

% Cap Contract Start 1.23%

Signing Status age 19

Abbreviated $Amounts

	2017-18	2018-19	2019-20	2020
Cap Hit	$925,000$925K	$925,000$925K	$925,000$925K	RFAage 22
AAV	$1,137,500$1.14M	$1,137,500$1.14M	$1,137,500$1.14M
Base	$832,500$833K	$832,500$833K	$832,500$833K
Performance Bonuses	-	$212,500$213K	$425,000$425K
Signing Bonuses	$92,500$93K	$92,500$93K	$92,500$93K
Total Salary	$925,000$925K	$925,000$925K	$925,000$925K
Minors Salary	$70,000$70K	$70,000$70K	$70,000$70K
Clauses
Year Type	RFA	RFA	RFA
UFA Year

Tage Thompson Updates

Oct 5 2024

Thompson scored a goal on three shots and added two PIM in Saturday's 3-1 loss to the New Jersey Devils.

Apr 16 2024

Thompson (lower body) is expected to be available for training camp in the fall after being injured in Monday's season finale against the Tampa Bay Lightning, Bill Hoppe of the Olean Times Herald reports.

Apr 15 2024

Thompson (lower body) will not return to Monday's game against the Tampa Bay Lightning.

Apr 6 2024

Thompson produced a goal and an assist in Friday's 4-2 win over the Philadelphia Flyers.

Apr 3 2024

Thompson scored a goal and added two assists, one on the power play, in Tuesday's 6-2 win over the Washington Capitals.

Mar 29 2024

Thompson scored four times on six shots, added five hits and went plus-3 in Friday's 5-2 win over the New Jersey Devils.

Mar 24 2024

Thompson had a goal and an assist in Sunday's 4-1 win over the Calgary Flames.

Mar 18 2024

Thompson scored a goal on five shots, added an assist, went plus-2 and logged three hits in Monday's 6-2 win over the Seattle Kraken.

Mar 16 2024

Thompson scored a power-play goal in Saturday's 4-1 loss to the Detroit Red Wings.

Mar 13 2024

Thompson notched two assists while adding three shots on net and a plus-4 rating in Tuesday's 7-3 win over the Detroit Red Wings.

Mar 9 2024

Thompson scored a power-play goal and also beat Stuart Skinner in the shootout during Saturday's 3-2 win over the Edmonton Oilers.

Mar 9 2024

Thompson (upper body) will return to the lineup Saturday versus Edmonton, Bill Hoppe of the Olean Times Herald reports.

Mar 7 2024

Thompson (upper body) will not play Thursday versus the Nashville Predators.

Feb 7 2024

Thompson scored a power-play goal in Tuesday's 2-1 loss to the Dallas Stars.

Jan 23 2024

Thompson recorded an assist, two shots on goal and four hits in Tuesday's 4-2 loss to the Anaheim Ducks.

Aug 30 2022 | Buffalo Sabres

Tage Thompson

Standard | 7 yrs

$49,999,999

Cap Hit

$7,142,857

Jerry Buckley | Buckley Sports Management

Oct 5 2020 | Buffalo Sabres

Tage Thompson

Standard | 3 yrs

$4,200,000

Cap Hit

$1,400,000

Jerry Buckley | Buckley Sports Management

Mar 7 2017 | St. Louis Blues

Tage Thompson

Entry Level | 3 yrs

$3,412,500

Cap Hit

$1,137,500

Jerry Buckley | Buckley Sports Management

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