{"id":240174,"date":"2025-10-25T23:17:15","date_gmt":"2025-10-25T23:17:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/240174\/"},"modified":"2025-10-25T23:17:15","modified_gmt":"2025-10-25T23:17:15","slug":"insider-urges-canadiens-to-take-a-swing-at-tage-thompson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/240174\/","title":{"rendered":"Insider Urges Canadiens to Take a Swing at Tage Thompson"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n&#8216;I&#8217;d Do It Tomorrow Morning&#8217;: Insider Urges Canadiens to Take a Swing at Tage Thompson <\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/608497.webp.webp\" style=\"width:100%;\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Mar 1, 2025; Buffalo, New York, USA; Buffalo Sabres center Tage Thompson (72) takes a shot on Montreal Canadiens goaltender Jakub Dobes (75) during the first period at KeyBank Center. Mandatory Credit: Timothy T. Ludwig-Imagn Images\" title=\"Mar 1, 2025; Buffalo, New York, USA; Buffalo Sabres center Tage Thompson (72) takes a shot on Montreal Canadiens goaltender Jakub Dobes (75) during the first period at KeyBank Center. Mandatory Credit: Timothy T. Ludwig-Imagn Images\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Photo credit: Timothy T. Ludwig-Imagn Images<\/p>\n<p>Despite an excellent start to the season, the Montreal Canadiens still haven&#8217;t solved the issue of their long-debated second-line center.<\/p>\n<p>But a well-known insider has reacted to a rumor suggesting that Kent Hughes may have his eye on a certain <a href=\"https:\/\/www.markerzone.com\/hockey\/stats\/nhl\/player\/Tage-Thompson-51716\" class=\"lien_marqueur\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" title=\"Tage Thompson profile and hockey stats\">Tage Thompson<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Acquiring the big center Tage Thompson for the Montreal Canadiens: Marco D&#8217;Amico would do it tomorrow morning<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.danslescoulisses.com\/appeler-kevyn-adams-pour-tage-thompson-je-le-ferais-demain-matin\/\" class=\"lien_marqueur\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">As reported by DansLesCoulisses,<\/a> Marco D&#8217;Amico said during a recent appearance on BPM Sports that he wouldn&#8217;t hesitate for a second to acquire the tall right-handed center from the Buffalo Sabres.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;d do it tomorrow morning.&#8221; &#8211; Marco D&#8217;Amico<\/p>\n<p>Now, it should be mentioned that there are currently no real trade rumors involving Thompson and the Montreal Canadiens, but it&#8217;s still worth looking into.<\/p>\n<p>As we know, the Habs have a strong pool of young prospects who could certainly interest teams looking to move some contracts.<\/p>\n<p>Since the Sabres have been stuck in rebuild mode for a while, their general manager, Kevyn Adams, might be tempted to acquire some of these young players, as DLC explains.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/7uviXSza8Cg?si=g1T3weePr9vTXab6\" class=\"lien_marqueur\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">According to Elliotte Friedman,<\/a> on his &#8220;32 Thoughts&#8221; podcast, he suggested that Tage Thompson&#8217;s patience is running out. The 28-year-old wants to see real progress in Buffalo, or the Sabres could eventually look at dealing him for multiple assets.&#8221;I do think that it gets into dangerous territory here for the Sabres quickly,&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Elliotte Friedman<\/p>\n<p>However, due to another situation you&#8217;re all very familiar with, the Canadiens&#8217; GM will have to tread carefully.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The only plausible solution would be if the Sabres want prospects and draft picks in return for the big right-handed center.<\/p>\n<p>The Habs have players like <a href=\"https:\/\/www.markerzone.com\/hockey\/stats\/nhl\/player\/Michael-Hage-67356\" class=\"lien_marqueur\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" title=\"Michael Hage profile and hockey stats\">Michael Hage<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.markerzone.com\/hockey\/stats\/nhl\/player\/Alexander-Zharovsky-72605\" class=\"lien_marqueur\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" title=\"Alexander Zharovsky profile and hockey stats\">Alexander Zharovsky<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.markerzone.com\/hockey\/stats\/nhl\/player\/Jacob-Fowler-68501\" class=\"lien_marqueur\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" title=\"Jacob Fowler profile and hockey stats\">Jacob Fowler<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.markerzone.com\/hockey\/stats\/nhl\/player\/David-Reinbacher-66155\" class=\"lien_marqueur\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" title=\"David Reinbacher profile and hockey stats\">David Reinbacher<\/a>&#8230; and they also have the luxury of multiple first-round picks.<\/p>\n<p>But even then, Hughes won&#8217;t empty his prospect and pick pool just to get a player who can help right now &#8211; and the GM won&#8217;t make a move before knowing what&#8217;s going to happen with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.markerzone.com\/hockey\/stats\/nhl\/player\/Sidney-Crosby-3986\" class=\"lien_marqueur\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" title=\"Sidney Crosby profile and hockey stats\">Sidney Crosby<\/a>.&#8221; &#8211; DLC<\/p>\n<p>This will be a situation to keep an eye on, but if Thompson grows tired of Buffalo&#8217;s losing culture, things could get very interesting for the Canadiens.<\/p>\n<p>Previously on Habs Fanatics<\/p>\n<p>POLL<\/p>\n<p>1 HOUR AGO\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0|\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0160 ANSWERS<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I&#8217;d Do It Tomorrow Morning&#8217;: Insider Urges Canadiens to Take a Swing at Tage Thompson<\/p>\n<p>Would you trade David Reinbacher + Michael Hage + a first-round pick for Tage Thompson?<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\tHABSFANATICS.COM<br \/>COPYRIGHT @2025 &#8211; ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.habsfanatics.com\/terms\" class=\"lediv\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">TERMS<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0&#8211;\u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.habsfanatics.com\/politic\" class=\"lediv\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">POLICIES<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"&#13; &#13; &#13; &#13; &#8216;I&#8217;d Do It Tomorrow Morning&#8217;: Insider Urges Canadiens to Take a Swing at Tage&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":240175,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[433],"tags":[113141,49,48,8467,743,448,13673,82,97180,8464],"class_list":["post-240174","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nhl","tag-buffalo-sbres","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-kent-hughes","tag-montreal-canadiens","tag-nhl","tag-rumor","tag-sports","tag-tage-thompson","tag-transaction"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/240174","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=240174"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/240174\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/240175"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=240174"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=240174"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=240174"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}