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Originally Posted by Bonded
Yeah, some people are treating Eichel like he is McDavid or something. I don't think all 30 teams would want him, let alone be able to afford his contract and trade value.
His contract is fair and has more of a chance becoming slightly bad versus a great value.
I would take the following over Eichel without a question:
McDavid
Draisaitl
Matthews
Barkov
Scheifele
MacKinnon
After that it becomes more of a toss-up depending what you value and what contracts shake out as (Aho, Point, Barzal etc). Obviously, a good player but he hasn't shown that he can drag a team anywhere.
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It’s not a good thing to have to drag a team anywhere.
Ideally, you’d be constructed with skill players throughout the top-9, all of whom are at least reasonably reliable defensively- you can have one Kessell type who’s just that good at scoring, but no more.
If you build thinking one guy is going to drag you anywhere, that’s a recipe for failure.