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Originally Posted by Lanny_McDonald
Where do we start? How about elevating his game? How about making his team better? How about making his linemates better? How about being half the player he claims to be?
Here's the thing about Eichel that I can't stand. This is a guy that seems to believe he's in the same class as Connor McDavid, yet he's 220 points behind McHobo and hasn't done a damn thing to make his team better. Even in personal measures he's even fallen behind Marner in his draft class and has Aho, Rantanen, and Barzal breathing down his neck as being better producers, let alone more impactful players. Eichel is over-rated and hasn't figured out it's a team game. There is no "i" in team, but there is in Eichel. Until he has his Yzerman moment he will never be half the player he believes he is. I would hate to see the Flames spend a bunch of assets on a player that is more concerned about his personal stats more than the success of the team. Eichel is the former, not the latter.
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That's quite the narrative. I thought he had a history of making guys like Olofsson better(especially on the PP), same with Skinner. As far as putting himself ahead of his team? I don't have that information. He is unhappy in Buffalo, and he doesn't seem to trust their medical staff. I don't remember him throwing teammates under a bus. As far as Hall, I don't know if it was a matter of chemistry, Eichel's health or what, but that experiment failed.