IKnowPhysics Posted April 21, 2015 Report Share Posted April 21, 2015 I get the impression Eichel's physically stronger on and off the puck. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monkeygirl Posted April 21, 2015 Report Share Posted April 21, 2015 Thanks for the congrats...but 3 kids in 6 years and I have done my part to keep humanity going and now I want to be a person again...although I don't know if that's even possible anymore. But its great fun and very rewarding, blah blah blah.... Anyways...Eichel looks amazing. I'm taking great comfort in his WJC highlights. He is phenomenal. A playmaking center, a power forward, a difference maker. I can't believe the day has come when these labels can be applied to a Buffalo Sabre. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WildCard Posted April 21, 2015 Report Share Posted April 21, 2015 Who says edmonton doesn't pick eichel :P I'd be ecstatic. It's not a stretch to say Eichel is better than McDavid in some areas of the game, but McDavid is still the overall better player. I'd rather have him than Eichel, but it's hard not to be thrilled with a guy who's getting compared to Mario and Stevy Y Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoss Posted April 21, 2015 Report Share Posted April 21, 2015 How does Eichel compare to MacKinnon? Seems to me maybe less speed but better vision and playmaking? Eichel is much stronger. He might not be as fast, but his change of direction and initial strides are as strong/quick as I can remember in any prospect. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoss Posted April 21, 2015 Report Share Posted April 21, 2015 About time to unpin this, eh? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WildCard Posted April 21, 2015 Report Share Posted April 21, 2015 About time to unpin this, eh? If we can pin the other thread about Eichel Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoss Posted April 21, 2015 Report Share Posted April 21, 2015 If we can pin the other thread about Eichel That or the draft thread. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spndnchz Posted April 21, 2015 Report Share Posted April 21, 2015 How is Jack in the faceoff dot? I think they said he was mid 30%'s to start but ended low 50's. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dudacek Posted April 21, 2015 Report Share Posted April 21, 2015 I stopped reading at that point. Two things wrong with that phrase. The first is even relating such a subject to this situation. The second is that even if the author had used a more appropriate comparison the point is that Tim Murray has the same damn expressionless intonation in everything he does. Hey Tim, congratulation on getting married! - "Thanks, she had the best odds to make a good life moving forward. You never know. It's free to listen to other offers." Hey Tim, congratulations on the birth of your first child! - "Thanks, the future is uncertain for him. You expect he'll be successful but he could be a criminal. We'll see what happens." Hey Tim, sorry to hear about your dog passing away. - "Thanks, at that age you have to expect something to happen. It's likely going to be a bad outcome." Too true. These past few days have made me realize how unexposed non-Sabre fans out here are to Murray. No wonder some have reacted the way they have. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neo Posted April 21, 2015 Report Share Posted April 21, 2015 Too true. These past few days have made me realize how unexposed non-Sabre fans out here are to Murray. No wonder some have reacted the way they have. Insight. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LGR4GM Posted April 21, 2015 Report Share Posted April 21, 2015 Tim Murray pretty much has the same level of enthusiasm from start to finish. I think it's just his demeanor. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Weave Posted April 21, 2015 Report Share Posted April 21, 2015 The entire population of Canada who can't tolerate the idea that a generational Canadian talent could in any way be second to a generational American player. Don Cherry would commit hari kari on national TV if that ever occurred (although, that would be an easier sight to behold than his normal attire). GO SABRES!!! Edmonton should do the hockey world a public service and draft Eichel for this very reason. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thewookie1 Posted April 21, 2015 Report Share Posted April 21, 2015 With Ehlers on his wing I think Eichel beats McDavid rather soundly, granted McDavid was injured. But I don't think Eichel would of liked Juniors, he strikes me as someone who likes to play against strong opposition whom grind in the corners. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dudacek Posted April 21, 2015 Report Share Posted April 21, 2015 I don't know about the rest of you, but I am quite comfortable building Jack Eichel into Mike Peca with Gorde Howe's strength and Mario Lemieux's skill set. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
K-9 Posted April 21, 2015 Report Share Posted April 21, 2015 I don't know about the rest of you, but I am quite comfortable building Jack Eichel into Mike Peca with Gorde Howe's strength and Mario Lemieux's skill set. SCHWING!! GO SABRES!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Weave Posted April 21, 2015 Report Share Posted April 21, 2015 I don't know about the rest of you, but I am quite comfortable building Jack Eichel into Mike Peca with Gorde Howe's strength and Mario Lemieux's skill set. Oh, Jeez. Here comes the big let down..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MBHockey13 Posted April 21, 2015 Report Share Posted April 21, 2015 Oh, Jeez. Here comes the big let down..... Yep - you had to post your negative crap and bring everyone down. You definitely called it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
calti Posted April 21, 2015 Report Share Posted April 21, 2015 (edited) To read this board today, you would think they would be crazy not to! ..well--the 'eichel is stronger' kinda stuff may be true but everyone was stronger than the 162 LB Gretzky in the 1980s. Messier was certainly stronger;) Edited April 21, 2015 by calti Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Weave Posted April 21, 2015 Report Share Posted April 21, 2015 Yep - you had to post your negative crap and bring everyone down. You definitely called it! I don't understand your sudden infatuation with my posts. Did I piss in your Wheaties at some point? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WildCard Posted April 22, 2015 Report Share Posted April 22, 2015 I don't know about the rest of you, but I am quite comfortable building Jack Eichel into Mike Peca with Gorde Howe's strength and Mario Lemieux's skill set. I'm not comfortable at all with billing him as that, that would be a top 5 player ever to play the game. If you think Eichel is that, what in the world are you pegging as McDavid? Gretzky-Sellane-Crosby mixed? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
inkman Posted April 22, 2015 Report Share Posted April 22, 2015 Thanks for the congrats...but 3 kids in 6 years and I have done my part to keep humanity going and now I want to be a person again...although I don't know if that's even possible anymore. But its great fun and very rewarding, blah blah blah.... Anyways...Eichel looks amazing. I'm taking great comfort in his WJC highlights. He is phenomenal. A playmaking center, a power forward, a difference maker. I can't believe the day has come when these labels can be applied to a Buffalo Sabre. Awesome news on the offspring, got a little 8 month old inkling myself. Can't believe I made a little human. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dudacek Posted April 22, 2015 Report Share Posted April 22, 2015 I'm not comfortable at all with billing him as that, that would be a top 5 player ever to play the game. If you think Eichel is that, what in the world are you pegging as McDavid? Gretzky-Sellane-Crosby mixed? Oh, Jeez. Here comes the big let down..... OK, I really need to find a sarcasm emoticon when two of my favourite posters don't get me. Was it something in my posting history? Maybe that time I said Jordan Samuels Thomas was the next Cam Neely? :P Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WildCard Posted April 22, 2015 Report Share Posted April 22, 2015 OK, I really need to find a sarcasm emoticon when two of my favourite posters don't get me. Was it something in my posting history? Maybe that time I said Jordan Samuels Thomas was the next Cam Neely? :P :lol: :beer: The way this board's advertising Eichel you might think he really was all Peca+Howe+Lemiuex+Yzerman. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
qwksndmonster Posted April 22, 2015 Report Share Posted April 22, 2015 :lol: :beer: The way this board's advertising Eichel you might think he really was all Peca+Howe+Lemiuex+Yzerman. I'm confused, are you saying he's not? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WildCard Posted April 22, 2015 Report Share Posted April 22, 2015 I'm confused, are you saying he's not? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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