He‘s a 30 yr old with one full season in the ECHL, apart from one other season he barely played half the regular season. His AHL experience was 1 game. You are spot on about living in Europe, going straight from a good resume at the mid leagues into Europe is a major draw, as seen by the number of players from the Americas across the European teams. Cardiff supporting an MBA is usually the choice for players looking to Cardiff from the States, why because their looking at the next 2-3 yrs will be their last in hockey. So whilst l agree with your assessment of living in Cardiff & Europe, your comments regarding the three teams you mention as being comparable to top ECHL teams is ridiculous & l can only assume that’s based on nothing more than your opinion, frankly is pretty close to the infamous comment on Twitter regarding us competing with an NHL team. I’m sorry but nothing you’ve written suggests Thompson is looking to advance his career further upwards, in fact his record and your assessment actually backs up my comment. Now is a 30 yr old average player struggling to get a decent place in the ECHL, probably been offered a drop, looking realistically to continue playing & bad signing, no, absolutely not, again the EIHL is a lower standard, smaller size league, in U.K., decent offer with benefits and nothing much else on the table, we potentially may get a cracking guy for a few yrs, we will see when he’s iced got a month or two in and assess him then.