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Originally Posted by Aarongavey
I doubt there is much of a market for Eberle. When Frolik was on the market, coming off back to back 42 point seasons he got 4.3 million a year. Eberle has averaged 49 points a season over the last 2 years. The difference in their defensive games is similar to the difference between Stajan and Crosby offensively. I am not sure that extra 7 points a year, when factoring in the huge defensive liability is worth 1.7 million a year on the open market.
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That's not apples to apples though.
Eberle scored 49 in 69 games two seasons ago, for a 58 point pace. Before this year he'd been around the 60 point mark/pace for 4 straight years. Now I'm not saying he's some incredible offensive weapon, but his lowest point total is essentially equivalent to Frolik's career high (not including the locked shortened season, where Eberle only scored 37 points - 27 more than Frolik in those 45~ games).
Offensive is valued more highly than defence for forwards in the open market (and defencemen, probably). He's fairly one dimensional, but Cali's example of his market is a good one: on a line where you've got two players who can cover Eberle's mistakes (like Florida), you take him over Frolik 10/10 times.
Oshie seems like a better (closer) comparable. As a UFA he's probably looking at between 5.5 and 6.5 per for much less production over the last 4 years than Eberle and not being a huge presence defensively (I don't think?).