I don't really understand the Eichel hate. He's .5PPG right now on a terrible team as a 19 year old. Thats really good, if you take away the Eichel hype. It also really should be more points than it is right now, but he plays with a lot of bad players on his team. He's not playing bad hockey.
Only scoring 40 points in his rookie season doesn't rule him out from being a PPG player for his career. Stamkos only scored 46 points in his rookie season, Tavares scored 54 points, Joe Thornton had 7 points in his rookie season. He also might end up with 60 points. Its barely 1/4 of the way through the season.
no one hates him, in fact this thread alone there has been more attacks towards McDavid for some strange reason despite still having more points. It's just that, there are just people saying "he is not generational" and their party goes up in arms and thinks he's being attacked. He is an excellent player but he's just not generational doesn't mean he's being attacked.
Based off what? Were you saying this last year?
because people put the word "Generational" in the same sentence of Eichel. Which sparked some fans mostly american fans who are not even Sabres to overate him to some degree and also with intentions of wanting him to be better then McDavid, he is often "overrated" and if you tell me, "over exaggerate" with stuff that are not even true about him just to at least put some attempts to make him sound as good as McDavid. Such as "he has better stick handling" he is "bigger" plays like a "beast" using exaggerated terms, to make him sound as possible. goes 2 goals in 3 games, he was already compared to Crosby 3 games into his career, spawns another thread, a blessing from the heavens that Sabres got the second pick.
In a game he notches 2 points against Vancouver, once again, going off stats sheets, they were talking about how great he was. He was good, but over exaggeration again. He is an outstanding player, and once again some fans get offended if we compare him to Ryan Getlzaf?
This entire thread is based on revising history. Most scouts interviewed before and at the draft said both players were very close and it was simply a matter of preference.
You are referring to Kessel vs Crosby.
Eichel vs McDavid, McDavid was number 1 in 100% of all scouting list, but sure... if you said so.... Anyone who said Eichel had a chance at number 2 was trying to pimp up the 2015 draft. Not to mention some scouts said Mathews would have pushed for the number 2 pick if he was in the same draft year. yea... generational.
Will be a top 10 player one day but he's not generational. That term gets used too often.
It's overused now, using it on the wrong players to, to draw up "hype" I guess. I guess It did get some more American viewers to view hockey, I guess it worked in that way. Even though it's not true. Might work to start slapping that term a little more in following drafts to players who are not generational. If the term can be used on Eichel, they should have used it on Stamkos and Tavares.
to be honest, these guys were never close. Sure, if you guys say so...... they were often compared, it makes McDavid look bad actually to be compared to an inferior player, and this makes Eichel look good to be compared to a player above him in Mcdavid, which making t hem look equal.