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Originally Posted by transplant99
Do you truly believe Eichel is not a great hockey player?
Full disclosure, I dont want the Flames to acquire him but not because he isnt instantly their best player, but because the acquisition cost, injury concerns, and associated AAV is way to much for this team to handle IMO.
But to say the young man is anything but a superstar and then suggesting that is based on team results, is asinine to me.
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I think he’s a good offensive player. A complete hockey player? A $10M hockey player? Not a chance. He does not make his team better and does not make his linemates better. They are along for the ride rather than a part of a larger success. If you think he’s a superstar, that’s a condemnation of the quality of players that get that label attached to them.
Superstars elevate their teams to new levels, not have the team continue to suck and wallow in less than mediocrity. While Eichel has some impressive skills, he has yet to deploy them in a way the team benefits from. That’s on him. Jesus tranny, if a Calgary Flame was playing like him and not seeing improvement you would be losing your #### and being critical of him.
I equate Eichel to Theo Fleury during the dark days. There were times when Fleury had talent to work with, but he still made the game all about him and his point production. Theo couldn’t give a #### about team success, he was about Theo. It got to the point where it was predictable as hell, that as soon as he moved on the team would step forward and the team Fleury went to would flounder. That is exactly what happened. Failure followed him around because he never got the team game. I see those same qualities in Eichel. I no longer care for players like that and don’t want any of them on the Calgary Flames. You can get all excited about them if you like, but I think that’s asinine. I only care about team success. Eichel’s success is predictable IMO, and it will follow him around.