Quoting: KentMcNally
What does St. Louis project RT to be? I am not saying this in a negative way, I am just wondering.
Is he expected to replace O’Reill or Schenn in the center ice hierarchy?
Do they have him lined up to play the wing more?
I honestly had him in the trade because there seems to be a lot of interest on him, but I was not sure whether he would be a 2nd line center type of player or not.
Any input is appreciated
By the end of the season he was exclusively playing center. I would think that he is the eventual 2C, whether that means Schenn moves to LW or they just settle on a top-9 that spreads the minutes around. I think Thomas' floor is low-end 2C and ceiling is low-end 1C. He played 3 different stretches of games last year for a total of just 33 games and he never really got going, but the season before that he was 2 pts off of the team lead in 5v5 scoring. Once he and Kyrou get PP minutes, they'll probably start to get a lot more recognition.
FWIW, here are the top 5 even strength scoring rates of anyone with over 500 TOI drafted since 2017:
Jason Robertson: 2.84 EVP/60 in 54 GP
Elias Pettersson: 2.49 EVP/60 in 165 GP
Joel Farabee: 2.19 EVP/60 in 107 GP
Max Comtois: 2.17 EVP/60 in 94 GP
Robert Thomas: 2.08 EVP/60 in 169 GP
I have extremely high hopes for the guy, just needs to stay healthy and good things will happen.