When I was talking to my Blues people during the O'Reilly trade and I had mentioned this was going to happen, the Sabres wanted more but there was no way they were going to take less than Tage in that deal.
The blues were reluctant but they wanted to get better right away with O'Reilly. They knew Thompson had to fill out and had a ways to go so they were willing to take that chance. I think this kid will be good in a couple of years though