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Originally Posted by GioforPM
Eichel and Point are pretty different players.
I think Sutter really likes the Islanders’ team from last year, and it wouldn’t surprise me that he admires a Lou L/Trotz team.
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They're both elite centres, with truly high-end speed, who can take the puck from deep in their own zone right through the next 180 feet with their skillsets.
They have differences, but on the basic level of Darryl's analysis "we lack that type of player"... I think he's very generally referring to elite puck-carrying top line stars like McDavid, MacKinnon, Barzal, Eichel, Point, Aho, Barkov, Kuznetsov etc at the centre position. Which is a contrast to what we do have. Gaudreau is the closest thing to that calibre of playmaker but much like Marner, Panarin, Kane etc... he is ultimately a winger.