Ah yes the famed “Yzerman” moment.
Yzerman didn’t win a cup because he changed his game. His offensive production dropped off as he got older like any player, and played better defense as his game evolved naturally as he got older.
Yzerman won a cup in his 14th season as a 31 year old player because Detroit added Fedorov, Shanahan, Lidstrom, Larionov, Kozlov, Murphy, etc and built a core that could win a cup.
The famed “Yzerman Moment” is more myth than fact at this point. And even if it was true then Eichel still is 7 years younger than Yzerman was when he had his “moment”.
Honestly it would be like saying Tampa Won a cup now because Stamkos committed to playing better team hockey, when really they just built a strong team.
And the funniest part is if you look at advanced metrics then Eichel was actually much better defensively this year and had a great defensive season before his injury.
https://twitter.com/hockeystatscz/st...414603782?s=21