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Originally Posted by Vinny01
I stand by my statement. He is near the top third in terms of what forwards make. Eliminate the centers from that list he is likely one of the higher paid wingers in the league. Eberle is paid to either score a ton of points or be a complete player. He does neither so in my opinion is grossly overpaid for the value he brings.
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His stats aren't actually terrible for a winger (he'd be on the top line of any team, stat wise) but his pay is certainly wonky.
Last year Eberle was the 14th highest paid winger in the league, while putting up the 44th most points (out of wingers). That doesn't tell the whole story, as out of the 13 wingers paid more than Eberle, 5 of them scored less than Eberle. Though each of those five are in their 30s, with a few having exceptionally "down" years, while Eberle is 26 and scoring at his usual rate.