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Originally Posted by ricardodw
Are you trying to highlight the risks?
When Eberle signed is 6x6 he was coming off his 21 year old season (same season Monahan just finished) and he had more 7 more goals 34 to Monahan's 27, 9 more pts 76 to 67 in 3 less games.... He was a +4 to Monahan's -6 (both on crappy +/- teams) . His best season, and very likely his career season happened when he was 21.
Eberle had a solid reputation as a clutch player scoring big goals.
His future at 21 was every bit as bright as Monahan's is today.
There would be no argument that the Oliers would have been far better off not extending him and then signing him to a 2x3 M show me deal the next summer. Eberle never earned close to his 6 M in the 3 out of the 4 RFA years he has burned so far and the Oilers have him for another RFA year plus 2 UFA years at 6M. They overpaid him for his 4 RFA years by 3M / season and will overpay him by 2M for his 2 UFA years.
He and RHN are the real life examples of not giving 21 year olds 6M deals for their RFA years.
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What, what?
Eberle is a somewhat one-dimensional player who needs to be more sheltered than he is on the Oilers and quits on some backchecks where he shouldn't - but you are lying through your teeth if you wouldn't take for free what is left on that contract ($6,000,000 for the next 3 seasons) since it does not at all have negative value. Over the first three seasons of that contract this guy put up 77 goals and 98 assists across 230 games. That's an 82 game average of 27 goals and 35 assists a season. Six million for 62 point winger in his prime, who happens to be an elusive right-shot.
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Originally Posted by ricardodw
So Gaudreau with a more similar pattern to Eberle (Winger with 2 years a bit older) is not getting more than Monahan.... Gaudreau has 3 goals more and 24 more points. Hard to remember that at the time Eberle was the best 21 year old in the league #17 in the league in scoring.
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...while enjoying an on-ice shooting percentage that was 4.8% higher than his rookie season. Gaudreau, despite his top six finish in league scoring, actually saw his on-ice shooting percentage drop by 1.4% on the other hand. That's a much better sign his production this season was not a mirage.