Eichel/Hall/Skinner =$27M For Combined 3 Goals

[SladeWilson23]

Jeff Skinner has scored a goal.

 

[tarheelhockey]

 

[explore]

Ralph comes off like a douchenozzle when it comes to Skinner

He scored a nice goal too:

 

[Lukin1978]

Skinner with the big goal today he's only 17 behind the lead.

 

[MarkusNaslund19]

Hall hasn't been good in years, that Hart was an absolute fluke and anyone that pays him after this year should lose their job the next day after he signs the contract.

What an awful take.
He spent 82 games dragging a sub mediocre team kicking and screaming into the playoffs 'wHaT A fLuKe!11'

 

[Dr Quincy]

Is this like Youngblood and Skinner slept with Krueger's daughter?

 

[MarkusNaslund19]

If that's not taken somewhat out of context then that seems to be a toxic thing for a coach to say to the media about a guy whom they have signed for ages at a big ticket. Like, what does Krueger hope comes out of that?

 

[Vintage93]

What an awful take.
He spent 82 games dragging a sub mediocre team kicking and screaming into the playoffs 'wHaT A fLuKe!11'

He caught lightning in a bottle and dragged that team in. Definitely performed way over his head, but definitely deserved the hardware!

 

[MarkusNaslund19]

He caught lightning in a bottle and dragged that team in. Definitely performed way over his head, but definitely deserved the hardware!

I mean, saying that Hall has never had another year where he was as good as he was in 17-18 is a fair statement. Calling it a fluke is either a hot take, or someone doesn't know what 'fluke' means.

 

[JasonRoseEh]

What an awful take.
He spent 82 games dragging a sub mediocre team kicking and screaming into the playoffs 'wHaT A fLuKe!11'

He's done so much since to prove it wasn't a fluke since that fluke season.... Strong evidence you have buddy

 

[MarkusNaslund19]

He's done so much since to prove it wasn't a fluke since that fluke season.... Strong evidence you have buddy

One doesn't have an entire season as arguably the best player in the entire league amongst the best players in the world as a 'fluke'.

You could say that was his best season and some other things went his way. But calling it a fluke is just stupid and disrespectful.

 

[JasonRoseEh]

One doesn't have an entire season as arguably the best player in the entire league amongst the best players in the world as a 'fluke'.

You could say that was his best season and some other things went his way. But calling it a fluke is just stupid and disrespectful.

No one felt Hall was the best player after his Hart let alone a top 5 player in the league, no one. That season was clearly the heavy outlier in his career and he has shown zero ability to reach that level again since, this is literally the definition of a fluke just like his teammate Skinner who the Sabres also paid after a fluke season. How is that contract going...

Again, anyone that pays Hall a large figure will not only regret it but be fired because of it.

 

[Peasy]

One doesn't have an entire season as arguably the best player in the entire league amongst the best players in the world as a 'fluke'.

You could say that was his best season and some other things went his way. But calling it a fluke is just stupid and disrespectful.

Jonathan Cheechoo once won a Rocket.

 

[MarkusNaslund19]

Jonathan Cheechoo once won a Rocket.

Yeah, and it wasn't a fluke. In his case, it was because he was a good finisher who suddenly was playing on the same line as one of the greatest playmakers of all time. Which linemate of Hall's do you attribute his season to?

 

[MarkusNaslund19]

No one felt Hall was the best player after his Hart let alone a top 5 player in the league, no one. That season was clearly the heavy outlier in his career and he has shown zero ability to reach that level again since, this is literally the definition of a fluke just like his teammate Skinner who the Sabres also paid after a fluke season. How is that contract going...

Again, anyone that pays Hall a large figure will not only regret it but be fired because of it.

Outlier and fluke are not synonyms. I also agree with you that anyone who gives Hall big money is going to regret it immensely.

I just think it's incredible disrespectful of a world class athlete to call a season in which he was voted to be the greatest in the world at what he does a 'fluke'. Call it an outlier and I have no problem.

 

[Sidney the Kidney]

Outlier and fluke are not synonyms. I also agree with you that anyone who gives Hall big money is going to regret it immensely.

I just think it's incredible disrespectful of a world class athlete to call a season in which he was voted to be the greatest in the world at what he does a 'fluke'. Call it an outlier and I have no problem.

I think outlier is just a more polite way to say fluke. Outlier is just a less harsh way of saying a player performed well above what you can normally expect from him.

 

[MarkusNaslund19]

I think outlier is just a more polite way to say fluke. Outlier is just a less harsh way of saying a player performed well above what you can normally expect from him.

Fluke means "unlikely chance occurrence".
If you or I having never thrown a basketball before, are randomly selected to throw from halfcourt for 2 million dollars and we get it. That's a fluke.

If a world class, 1st overall draft pick, star forward has a dominant 82 games and wins the Hart Trophy, it's not a fluke. It may sound like I'm being pedantic, but words matter.

I should add, I'm not a massive fan of Taylor Hall. He's a good player with flaws, fun to watch. I just dislike how dismissive and disrespectful the discourse on this website often is.

 

[Chardo]

Fluke is a fish that lies there, flat, floundering, pouncing when food comes to it but never seeking that food or creating it, then gets shown off as some sort of prize when it gets huge and gets noticed.

 

[EichHart]

The Sabres managed to mess this up along with Eichel and Dahlin. LOL

 

[frisco]

Jeff Skinner has scored a goal.

This is good because now we have a denominator that is not zero so we can say Skinner is worth $9 mil/goal.

My Best-Carey

 

[Dr Pepper]

The Sabres managed to mess this up along with Eichel and Dahlin. LOL

Nice list......and to think there's a chance Seguin might miss the entire season and still be top dog by a comfortable margin.