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Originally Posted by Vinny01
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?
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That's not really a good way to look at it. Would you consider Ferland a top line player because that's where he played? What about Connor Sheary or Erik Haula?
I'm not saying Eberle is valuable. In fact I think given his price tag he is a very mediocre asset to have.
What I'm saying is that calling his salary what elite top line players make just isn't true.
When I hear "elite top line player" I think of the best of the best in the league and those players don't make 6 million a year. They make in between 8-10 million a year.
In my opinion Eberle is slightly overpaid, but he's right in that range of fringe first liners/second line players.