For me if I went strictly on personal viewings, it would be Marner over Eichel. In fairness though, Eichel I only saw in the WJC though, and while he was good, I thought he was definitely outclassed by McDavid by a fair bit, definitely more than I feel McDavid has outclassed Marner. With Marner being 8 months younger and a year less in birth year, I believe he may even be further from his top end than Eichel.
I try my best to limit my comments to things I personally view as well. But when I lack enough personal info, I try to refrain from drawing a conclusion such as this. Make no mistake, I love Marner, his growth this year has been awesome, and I would be excited if we were to draft him, but if your opinion is that it's Marner over Eichel based on personal viewings, I think you need a few more viewings. Maybe you'd draw the same conclusion, and then we'd respectfully disagree, which is fine, but Eichel is the superior player.
Separately, and not addressing anyone in particular, the talk about McDavid totally outclassing Eichel, at the WJCs or otherwise, continues to confound me. I had McDavid and Eichel at 1-2 respectively at the start of the year and nothing that has happened has changed that, nor has one separated himself
further from the other. What Eichel did at BU, in a variety of contexts, is nothing short of spectacular. Again, generally speaking here, referencing point totals in a league where goal-scoring is grossly inflated is only helpful in a relative sense when comparing other players in the same league. Bottom line, both were expected to be great and dominate, and both did. I love McJesus and pray we land him, but nothing has changed since last fall between those two.