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Originally Posted by Oling_Roachinen
Well yeah, it's suppose to be ridiculous, that was the premise. Comparing Eberle to Versteeg is ridiculous. That was the premise of my post.
I called him overpaid. But no, he is not a middling second line forward.
Here's a complete list of right wingers who have outscored Eberle over the last 3 years:
Kane
Tarasenko
Kucherov
Wheeler
Voracek
Kessel
Stone
Perry
Zuccarello
Simmonds
Oshie
It's a list of 11. If he's a middling second line right winger, there should be around 45 other right-wingers outscoring him in a top 6 role.
And elite top line talent, as shown by the person on the top of that list, are making 10M a year now (and have for sometime in actual cash). Eberle makes 60% of that.
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Classic HF overreaction with the Letestu to Monahan comparison. Someone doesn't like the comparable of the player they are defending and they come back with a 10x more ridiculous comparison. It doesn't do anything for your arguement and doesn't change anyone's mind on Eberle. I think it makes your arguement weaker.
Would you trade Frolik for Eberle straight up? Eberle scores more points so obviously he is better by your standards that points are everything. Eberle is putrid in his own zone and brings nothing but decent offense and is paid to be a ppg player or a complete 200ft player that plays in all situations. He earned that deal because he was great at putting up numbers in his ELC. He hasn't lived up to the contract.
He is not comparable to Brouwer since they play different styles but they share the similarities that both are overpaid RW that are going to be tough to move in a trade.