[Vinny01]

Originally Posted by bax

I'm not even an Eberle fan but to say he's "paid to be an elite top line talent" is gross hyperbole.

He has the 36th highest cap hit among forwards. Elite top line talents like Kane, Kopitar, Ovechkin, Malkin, Crosby, Stamkos, Getzlaf, etc all have cap hits north of 8 million.

Comparables for Eberle salary wise are Plekanec, Backes, Saad, Duchene, Staal, Forsberg, Eriksson, Okposo, Zetterberg. Essentially fringe first liners/ second line players.

There are 31 teams so there for 93 players play on the top line. He is very close to the top 1/3 in terms of cap hits. You are telling me because some teams signed some bad UFA contracts that makes Eberle valuable?