‘”It’s a bit frustrating for myself to get that question from people because it’s a pretty simple answer to be honest with you: I’m playing because I’m a hockey player,” Eichel said Tuesday in KeyBank Center. “It’s kind of ridiculous for somebody to think the fact that we’re out of the playoffs and we don’t have an opportunity to really do anything with our season that I would just pack my year in. It’s not who I am as a person. It’s not who I’ve ever been and not who I am as a hockey player.’