{"id":750097,"date":"2017-10-03T18:48:27","date_gmt":"2017-10-03T22:48:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thesportsdaily.com\/?p=750097"},"modified":"2017-10-03T18:48:27","modified_gmt":"2017-10-03T22:48:27","slug":"tage-thompson-and-vince-dunn-ready-to-make-nhl-debuts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thesportsdaily.com\/news\/tage-thompson-and-vince-dunn-ready-to-make-nhl-debuts\/","title":{"rendered":"Tage Thompson and Vince Dunn ready to make NHL debuts"},"content":{"rendered":"

Preseason is a time for young prospects to shine and battle for a spot on the NHL roster. In the case of 19-year-old Tage Thompson and 20-year-old Vince Dunn, both players had successful camps and narrowly won jobs with the Blues as they prepare to start their 2017-18 season in Pittsburgh.<\/p>\n

Thompson may have been a surprise selection after\u00a0Samuel Blais impressed throughout camp, but the team sided with Thompson due to his strong play with\u00a0Magnus Paajarvi and Oskar Sundqvist. Meanwhile, Dunn bested\u00a0Jake Walman and will have his toughness and physicality tested at the NHL level.<\/p>\n

Via STLToday<\/a>, Thompson has some big ambitions.<\/p>\n

“I haven\u2019t achieved anything yet. There\u2019s still work to be done. It\u2019s a long season, so a lot can change. My mindset is still the same. Come with the same attitude every day and try to stay here as long as I can. Make a big impact.”<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Head coach Mike Yeo praised Thompson for his continuous engagement on the ice, regardless of whether the puck was in the offensive or defensive zone. The team hopes Thompson can help eat up time while some of the regulars who are out of the lineup recover from various injuries.<\/p>\n

Yeo was also impressed by Dunn’s consistency and reliability away from the puck – two key factors which helped Dunn win an NHL job.<\/p>\n

Dunn was pretty surprised by the decision and is excited to keep learning.<\/p>\n

“It\u2019s a pretty crazy feeling. Looking back a few years, I probably didn\u2019t see myself here, but right now, it\u2019s just a lot of hard work and a lot of determination and I finally get my chance. \u2026 Every day I\u2019m coming in here and learning more and more.”<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Some fans may have hoped to see a couple other youngsters on the final roster – or even seasoned veteran Jaromir Jagr – but Thompson and Dunn should bring plenty of excitement and give fans lots to talk about.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Preseason is a time for young prospects to shine and battle for a spot on the NHL roster. In the…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":750101,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5312679],"tags":[124688,58082019,105241066],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nTage Thompson and Vince Dunn ready to make NHL debuts - The Sports Daily<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/thesportsdaily.com\/news\/tage-thompson-and-vince-dunn-ready-to-make-nhl-debuts\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Tage Thompson and Vince Dunn ready to make NHL debuts\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/thesportsdaily.com\/news\/tage-thompson-and-vince-dunn-ready-to-make-nhl-debuts\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"The Sports Daily\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2017-10-03T22:48:27+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/thesportsdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/542892554.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1024\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"683\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Alan Draper\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@sportsdailytsd\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@sportsdailytsd\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Alan Draper\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"NewsArticle\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/thesportsdaily.com\/news\/tage-thompson-and-vince-dunn-ready-to-make-nhl-debuts\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/thesportsdaily.com\/news\/tage-thompson-and-vince-dunn-ready-to-make-nhl-debuts\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Alan Draper\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/thesportsdaily.com\/#\/schema\/person\/2c8aadde2571800d0de74323730df7b5\"},\"headline\":\"Tage Thompson and Vince Dunn ready to make NHL debuts\",\"datePublished\":\"2017-10-03T22:48:27+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2017-10-03T22:48:27+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/thesportsdaily.com\/news\/tage-thompson-and-vince-dunn-ready-to-make-nhl-debuts\/\"},\"wordCount\":343,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/thesportsdaily.com\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/thesportsdaily.com\/news\/tage-thompson-and-vince-dunn-ready-to-make-nhl-debuts\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/thesportsdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/542892554.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"St Louis Blues\",\"Tage Thompson\",\"Vince Dunn\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Blues\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"copyrightYear\":\"2017\",\"copyrightHolder\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/thesportsdaily.com\/#organization\"}},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/thesportsdaily.com\/news\/tage-thompson-and-vince-dunn-ready-to-make-nhl-debuts\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/thesportsdaily.com\/news\/tage-thompson-and-vince-dunn-ready-to-make-nhl-debuts\/\",\"name\":\"Tage Thompson and Vince Dunn ready to make NHL debuts - The Sports Daily\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/thesportsdaily.com\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/thesportsdaily.com\/news\/tage-thompson-and-vince-dunn-ready-to-make-nhl-debuts\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/thesportsdaily.com\/news\/tage-thompson-and-vince-dunn-ready-to-make-nhl-debuts\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/thesportsdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/542892554.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2017-10-03T22:48:27+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2017-10-03T22:48:27+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/thesportsdaily.com\/news\/tage-thompson-and-vince-dunn-ready-to-make-nhl-debuts\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/thesportsdaily.com\/news\/tage-thompson-and-vince-dunn-ready-to-make-nhl-debuts\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/thesportsdaily.com\/news\/tage-thompson-and-vince-dunn-ready-to-make-nhl-debuts\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/thesportsdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/542892554.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/thesportsdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/542892554.jpg\",\"width\":1024,\"height\":683,\"caption\":\"BUFFALO, NY - JUNE 24: Tage Thompson poses for a portrait after being selected 26th overall by the St. Louis Blues in round one during the 2016 NHL Draft on June 24, 2016 in Buffalo, New York. (Photo by Jeffrey T. Barnes\/Getty Images)\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/thesportsdaily.com\/news\/tage-thompson-and-vince-dunn-ready-to-make-nhl-debuts\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/thesportsdaily.com\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Tage Thompson and Vince Dunn ready to make NHL debuts\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/thesportsdaily.com\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/thesportsdaily.com\/\",\"name\":\"The Sports Daily\",\"description\":\"Sports News | Rumors | Videos | Highlights | Opinion | More\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/thesportsdaily.com\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/thesportsdaily.com\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/thesportsdaily.com\/#organization\",\"name\":\"The Sports Daily\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/thesportsdaily.com\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/thesportsdaily.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/thesportsdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/cropped-thesportsdaily_logo.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/thesportsdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/cropped-thesportsdaily_logo.png\",\"width\":300,\"height\":52,\"caption\":\"The Sports Daily\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/thesportsdaily.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/sportsdailytsd\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/thesportsdaily.com\/#\/schema\/person\/2c8aadde2571800d0de74323730df7b5\",\"name\":\"Alan Draper\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/thesportsdaily.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/thesportsdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/alan-draper-96x96.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/thesportsdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/alan-draper-96x96.jpg\",\"caption\":\"Alan Draper\"},\"description\":\"Alan is a vastly experienced sports and gambling writer who is the Chief Editor of The Sports Daily.\",\"sameAs\":[\"\",\"\",\"\",\"\",\"\"],\"url\":\"https:\/\/thesportsdaily.com\/author\/aland\/\",\"jobTitle\":\"Sports Editor\",\"email\":\"\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"\"}}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Tage Thompson and Vince Dunn ready to make NHL debuts - The Sports Daily","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/thesportsdaily.com\/news\/tage-thompson-and-vince-dunn-ready-to-make-nhl-debuts\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Tage Thompson and Vince Dunn ready to make NHL debuts","og_url":"https:\/\/thesportsdaily.com\/news\/tage-thompson-and-vince-dunn-ready-to-make-nhl-debuts\/","og_site_name":"The Sports Daily","article_published_time":"2017-10-03T22:48:27+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1024,"height":683,"url":"https:\/\/thesportsdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/542892554.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Alan Draper","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@sportsdailytsd","twitter_site":"@sportsdailytsd","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Alan Draper","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https:\/\/thesportsdaily.com\/news\/tage-thompson-and-vince-dunn-ready-to-make-nhl-debuts\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/thesportsdaily.com\/news\/tage-thompson-and-vince-dunn-ready-to-make-nhl-debuts\/"},"author":{"name":"Alan Draper","@id":"https:\/\/thesportsdaily.com\/#\/schema\/person\/2c8aadde2571800d0de74323730df7b5"},"headline":"Tage Thompson and Vince Dunn ready to make NHL debuts","datePublished":"2017-10-03T22:48:27+00:00","dateModified":"2017-10-03T22:48:27+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/thesportsdaily.com\/news\/tage-thompson-and-vince-dunn-ready-to-make-nhl-debuts\/"},"wordCount":343,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/thesportsdaily.com\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/thesportsdaily.com\/news\/tage-thompson-and-vince-dunn-ready-to-make-nhl-debuts\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/thesportsdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/542892554.jpg","keywords":["St Louis Blues","Tage Thompson","Vince Dunn"],"articleSection":["Blues"],"inLanguage":"en-US","copyrightYear":"2017","copyrightHolder":{"@id":"https:\/\/thesportsdaily.com\/#organization"}},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/thesportsdaily.com\/news\/tage-thompson-and-vince-dunn-ready-to-make-nhl-debuts\/","url":"https:\/\/thesportsdaily.com\/news\/tage-thompson-and-vince-dunn-ready-to-make-nhl-debuts\/","name":"Tage Thompson and Vince Dunn ready to make NHL debuts - The Sports Daily","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/thesportsdaily.com\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/thesportsdaily.com\/news\/tage-thompson-and-vince-dunn-ready-to-make-nhl-debuts\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/thesportsdaily.com\/news\/tage-thompson-and-vince-dunn-ready-to-make-nhl-debuts\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/thesportsdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/542892554.jpg","datePublished":"2017-10-03T22:48:27+00:00","dateModified":"2017-10-03T22:48:27+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/thesportsdaily.com\/news\/tage-thompson-and-vince-dunn-ready-to-make-nhl-debuts\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/thesportsdaily.com\/news\/tage-thompson-and-vince-dunn-ready-to-make-nhl-debuts\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/thesportsdaily.com\/news\/tage-thompson-and-vince-dunn-ready-to-make-nhl-debuts\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/thesportsdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/542892554.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/thesportsdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/542892554.jpg","width":1024,"height":683,"caption":"BUFFALO, NY - JUNE 24: Tage Thompson poses for a portrait after being selected 26th overall by the St. Louis Blues in round one during the 2016 NHL Draft on June 24, 2016 in Buffalo, New York. (Photo by Jeffrey T. Barnes\/Getty Images)"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/thesportsdaily.com\/news\/tage-thompson-and-vince-dunn-ready-to-make-nhl-debuts\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/thesportsdaily.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Tage Thompson and Vince Dunn ready to make NHL debuts"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/thesportsdaily.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/thesportsdaily.com\/","name":"The Sports Daily","description":"Sports News | Rumors | Videos | Highlights | Opinion | More","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/thesportsdaily.com\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/thesportsdaily.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/thesportsdaily.com\/#organization","name":"The Sports Daily","url":"https:\/\/thesportsdaily.com\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/thesportsdaily.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/thesportsdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/cropped-thesportsdaily_logo.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/thesportsdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/cropped-thesportsdaily_logo.png","width":300,"height":52,"caption":"The Sports Daily"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/thesportsdaily.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/twitter.com\/sportsdailytsd"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/thesportsdaily.com\/#\/schema\/person\/2c8aadde2571800d0de74323730df7b5","name":"Alan Draper","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/thesportsdaily.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/thesportsdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/alan-draper-96x96.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/thesportsdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/alan-draper-96x96.jpg","caption":"Alan Draper"},"description":"Alan is a vastly experienced sports and gambling writer who is the Chief Editor of The Sports Daily.","sameAs":["","","","",""],"url":"https:\/\/thesportsdaily.com\/author\/aland\/","jobTitle":"Sports Editor","email":"","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":""}}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thesportsdaily.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/750097"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thesportsdaily.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thesportsdaily.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thesportsdaily.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thesportsdaily.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=750097"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thesportsdaily.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/750097\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thesportsdaily.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/750101"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thesportsdaily.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=750097"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thesportsdaily.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=750097"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thesportsdaily.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=750097"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}