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Originally Posted by Aarongavey
Oshie has a whopping 4 less points than Eberle over the last 4 years, 1 point less a year. Of course Oshie played 13 fewer games than Eberle so his points per game average was higher. He had more total goals than Eberle over the past 4 years, more goals per game. I am not sure how Oshie was "much less productive" than Eberle. Also Oshie averages over 4 goals a playoff run compared with Eberle's average of zero goals a playoff run over the last 4 years. Finally, Oshie is a much superior defensive player to Eberle.
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Ugh, that's correct, I completely misread Eberle's game totals (I even remember thinking, why has he played so much less than Oshie?). My mistake.
But alright, that actually makes it a better comparison I think. What makes Oshie so much better defensively? I admittedly don't know a ton about Oshie's defensive game but visually it's never impressed me. Are there stats that show he's leaps and bounds better than Eberle?
I think playoff stats are irrelevant, considering Eberle has been in them all of once and Oshie has been in them all four years, that (again) is a super awful comparison because the difference in sample size. When Oshie was Eberle's age, he'd played in 6 rounds over 5 years and had a whopping 5 goals and 4 assists to show for it, not huge numbers.
EDIT: according to BehindtheNet, Eberle seemed to be better in 15/16 (they didn't have stats for 16/17). Higher Corsi, harder competition, low shooting percentage, better ability to maintain offensive zone possession. I'm obviously missing something that makes Oshie the superior defensive threat, but what is it?