As others have said, this has
NOTHING to do with Eichel or the Sabres - I'm sure Eichel is a nice kid.
It has everything to do with the Usual Suspects - American posters who OVER HYPE their prospects. They do it year in and year out. Those prospects
never live up to the hype but, instead of learning from their mistakes, they just over hype the next guy and
deny, deny, deny they ever pumped up the previous one.
Perfect example : Seth Jones...
Seth Jones was called the American Bobby Orr. He was hyped as
'much better than McKinnon'. He was going to perform on a far higher lever than Ekblad ever could - some said Ekblad was going to be a bust. Jones was going to be a
Generational D-Man.
When
NONE of these things happened, did the
Usual Suspects say,
"Next time we'll wait and see?" No, they started up with Eichel. They said he was as good as McDavid. They ran down McDavid. Now Eichel isn't living up to the hype.
As I have said before, the
Usual Suspect want a
Generational Player so bad that they resent Canada's ability to produce the best and the brightest. That resentment leads to shouting matches that alienate posters. When the alienated posters say
"I told you so" after the fact, the
Usual Suspects get upset.
Well, that is too bad. Next time don't over hype the player.
They also want the NCAA to be on the same level as the CHL - which it is not.
That is why this thread is here and why so many posters are taking pleasure in Eichel's struggles. So, if you want to blame someone for the venom Eichel is receiving, blame the
Usual Suspects.