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Originally Posted by Firebot
Trade a disgruntled player who's been benched, the 49th best goalie out of 50 that played 15 or more games and a throw in pick, for a consistant 20+ goal scorer and #2 goalie in the league in save percentage...
The Islanders clearly need to sweeten the deal by adding Barzal.
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Eberle is overrated. Not saying he would be a bad add for the Flames with the right usage but people get caught too caught up in draft pedigree and junior performance when assessing how good someone is today. He's got 23 points this year and everyone craps all over Bennett for not producing enough who has 16 points in half the ice time.
Frolik has the same amount of goals in less games with no powerplay time and is a way better possession player. Plus he has term left on his deal. Even looking at the last 5 years, the difference in goals produced is not that big (.29 goals a game vs .22) considering Frolik is not given the same quality of offensive opportunity and the corsi difference is spectacular in Frolik's favour like 7% ish.
The isles aren't trading a goalie anyway but if you're saying the value is way off it's solely based on Eberle's edmonton reputation not what he's doing today. His performance has taken a dive and he was never a good player outside the other team's zone to begin with.