R Thomas

[Luffy D Monkey]

Has to be asked after such a great performance last night and in the STL/DAL series...

What can Robert Thomas do next year in points only? What kind of ice time/deployment will he get?

40ish points?

[Eskimo Brother]

Considering he was eased in this season, had 13 points in his last 20 games, and may finally get regular top 6 minutes plus PP time, I think 40 points is the floor.
He's ready for 16+ minutes per game, 1-2 minutes of PP time, and a fair bit of point accumulation. Be wary of his shot totals, but if he keeps that confidence he showed in game 7 last night, look out.

[ericdaoust]

40-50 points. I think it'll be a mixed bag. They have a lot of guys locked in with big contracts (and that always matters), yet there's some injury-proneness among that group.

[cheese_cake]

Thomas probably won't break out next season BUT we can all see the potential he has long term, if you have room on your keepers I would draft him and wait an additional year before expecting the true breakout.

[lucafen4]

40-55 most likely due to ATOI, but given 1st line deployment & PP1, I could see 60+. But that's a dream world seeing who's in front of him on the depth charts atm.

[Eskimo Brother]

I'm not too worried about the depth chart ahead of him. Schenn, Tank, ROR, Schwartz are locked in for the top two lines. That means between Steen, Thomas, and Perron, 2/3 will fill out the rest of the top 6. Perron hasn't been getting the deployment this season, especially as the season went on, so I would expect him to be the one in the bottom 6. He fills out a decent third line with Bozak and Maroon/other.
And as Eric mentioned, the majority of the guys listed are injury-prone, so Thomas stands to benefit from simply staying healthy and in the lineup Takn avanag o tat mean hen players return, he won't be kicked down the lineup so soon.