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Originally Posted by Robbob
12th highest, over the last 3 seasons, but who cares about one spot. Last 2 seasons he drops to 19th. Point is those players he is ahead of on a sum of 3 years will be passing him. At the end of next year if you do the same 3 year snapshot he will struggle to stay in the top 20.
His ppg is trending the wrong way in his prime years.
2014-2015 - .78
2015-2016 - .68
2016-2017 - .62
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But so uhh, what's your argument? He's trending downwards this last seasons while at the same time being boosted by McDavid for the past 2? Don't see the logic flaw there? Wanting to bake your cake and eat it too.
Also, he's about to be 27 in a couple weeks, so it's not unusual for a player like him to take a hit statistically at this point. You keep saying these are his prime years, but really the "average" player is past his prime scoring rate at Eberles age, which is often in the early to mid 20 range.
http://www.tsn.ca/pinning-down-a-pla...years-1.388514
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Generally, a forward is most dominant in his early to mid-20s.
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http://www.cbc.ca/news/when-nhl-play...rics-1.2646054
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Brander's team also found that forwards:
25 is their most common age, with 24-27 very similar.
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Which again, a fair argument against Eberle if someone wanted to argue that he's trending down. Great, I mean I would suggest waiting to see if he can get back on the top line especially with a new team, but sure I can see the argument and maybe even agree. But this stems from comparing him to Versteeg and Brouwer and saying he was boosted by McDavid. Both are pretty stupid arguments.