Eichel vs Matthews for a playoff run
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Starting now? Eichel. I'm not happy with Matthews' history in the playoffs. And I'm a Leafs fan.
I do think he's the better player of the two, so just one solid postseason from Auston would change my mind.
I do think he's the better player of the two, so just one solid postseason from Auston would change my mind.
Well, Eichel has been to playoffs once, while Matthews has 7 times. Eichel's one time was better than Matthews's 7 combined.
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hangman005
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The bar for unbelievably dominant sure has been lowered.
Just teasing of course. It was a great run.
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Yeah, this highlight reel is pretty nuts.
He was robbed of the Conn Smythe IMO. What a dominant 2 way exhibition.
Mark Stone was my pick. He carried his line like Eichel didn't have to.
Wouldn't call him dominant though, or Eichel. It was just a very deep team.
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Nah. Stone was a strong factor but Eichel drove Marchesault's goal scoring on top of playing strong defense. It was a combined effort, but for my money, Eichel was the top performer overall.
Anyway, for purposes of this thread I'm biased but we've all yet to see Matthews lead his team in the postseason the way Eichel did last year. Matthews is the better regular season player and you can make the argument that he's the better player overall, but if this is just for the playoffs I'm taking Eichel until Matthews gives me a reason to change my mind.
Genuine question, if we traded them straight up for each other, do people think Vegas would not have won last year ? Matthews is much better than Eichel, Eichel just finally got traded to a good team. Remember this is the guy that couldn't even get his team close to sniffing the #9 spot in the East for like what 8 years almost ?
Matthews all day
Matthews all day
The rosters of the two teams weren’t much different. They had identical points in the RS.
One player elevated their play in the post season and showed a massive desire to win. One didn’t, again.
In fact, they even played the same damn team in the post season.
One had a stat line of 8pts in 5 games, the other had 2pts in 5 games.
Yes Matthews is a “better” player, but As of now not during the most important part of the season
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Cursed Lemon
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Jack Eichel took his very first playoff appearance and casually led the entire postseason in scoring.
So, there you go.
So, there you go.
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Hard to say because they bring such different skillsets. Eichel’s speed and transition game was huge at breaking down defenses and his playmaking was a big part of Marchessault’s success. Matthews is better in general, but I don’t know if he would have been a better fit last year
Genuine question. Did you watch Vegas' run last year? Because let's say offensive production is a wash, do you really think Matthews would replicate the same two way play as Eichel in the same role and on the same team?
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Meh. What ifs don't do enough lifting in this debate for me to choose Matthews over Eichel. I'd understand your sentiment better if Eichel was even just pretty good in the playoffs, but he was an absolute savage last year. Matthews has largely been a disappointment. Until Matthews hits savage level, which is definitely possible- Im choosing Eichel.
You say that like Matthews isn't generally the better two-way player? Matthews had 5 goals and 9 points against Tampa, one of those games holding the opposition to 0 shots on goal during his 24+ minutes of ice time in a game that went to overtime.
Still though hard not to go with the player who won the Cup and was the best player on the team in his first playoff appearance. But going forward I'm still comfortable taking Matthews and think he's capable of an even better playoff run.
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Yeah I mean I agree here.
If you put Matthews on Vegas last year, they still win the Cup.
Eichel was great, but it's not like he carried the team or something. Matthews could contribute equally as much in his own way.
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Vegas would have been a completely different team without Eichel's transition game. He carried that top line. Matthews doesn't have that same skill set.
