My theory on Eichel's growth

[thewookie1]

Let's set the stage, it's opening night in 2016 and the Sabres have just learned Eichel is out at least 20 games. He returns the team stumbles around but gets within a few points of the playoffs by the bye week only to completely spiral afterwards. Eichel sulks a bit after losing after his multiple points and then misses out on his bonus because of it. Eichel is a young man with high aspirations for the future, faith in his team, blinders even to how bad they actually are thus feels their woes are due to Bylsma's system. He's pissed, speaks to the media like a child and, while I doubt he threatened contract negotiation stuff, wanted Bylsma gone. In his head, Bylsma's looser system for him should be extended to his teammates and since that won't happen with Bylsma; he needs to be rid of to allow the Sabres to play modern NHL style hockey rather than defensive styled hockey with endless stretch passes. He accomplishes this with the help of his fellow angry teammates and with the firing of GMTM and Bylsma and then hiring of Botts and Housley they would get just that. So he goes into the offseason confident this team will thrive and later signs on the dotted line to stay here 8 more years after this one. Housley's system is more to his liking, Botts is more personable as well and the team will rock, right? Wrong, they start off awfully as many players can't handle playing the system and although Kane, Pommers, and he are playing well; everyone else is a train wreck. Then goes Moulson to the minors, it shocks him as he believed Moulson would look better if he got more opportunity to score but instead looked incapable.

 

The season continues and they still suck, he's confused by the fact this isn't working. Although he does start trying to take a more leader-like role but then he gets injured again. The season could be over and yet again his team is a failure. His frenemy in Matthews is going to likely go to the playoffs while he's stuck on the couch. He works to get back, he wants to finish the season strong but watching the team from above confirms what he had refused to believe so far in his career.....They sucked, while they still looked better than last year at times his teammates seemed in over their heads at times. Like a switch in his head going off, he knew what was wrong; it wasn't Bylsma as much as it was his team, they couldn't handle the modern NHL game, they rarely gave a solid effort, and they were jokes. It was time to grow up, because as the franchise player with 8 more years here; if he wanted success he would need to personally lead them to it and if that meant he may lose a few of his friends a long the way than so be it. This was his team and thus he was a changed man.

 

 

 

What do you guys think? 

[bunomatic]

Let's set the stage, it's opening night in 2016 and the Sabres have just learned Eichel is out at least 20 games. He returns the team stumbles around but gets within a few points of the playoffs by the bye week only to completely spiral afterwards. Eichel sulks a bit after losing after his multiple points and then misses out on his bonus because of it. Eichel is a young man with high aspirations for the future, faith in his team, blinders even to how bad they actually are thus feels their woes are due to Bylsma's system. He's pissed, speaks to the media like a child and, while I doubt he threatened contract negotiation stuff, wanted Bylsma gone. In his head, Bylsma's looser system for him should be extended to his teammates and since that won't happen with Bylsma; he needs to be rid of to allow the Sabres to play modern NHL style hockey rather than defensive styled hockey with endless stretch passes. He accomplishes this with the help of his fellow angry teammates and with the firing of GMTM and Bylsma and then hiring of Botts and Housley they would get just that. So he goes into the offseason confident this team will thrive and later signs on the dotted line to stay here 8 more years after this one. Housley's system is more to his liking, Botts is more personable as well and the team will rock, right? Wrong, they start off awfully as many players can't handle playing the system and although Kane, Pommers, and he are playing well; everyone else is a train wreck. Then goes Moulson to the minors, it shocks him as he believed Moulson would look better if he got more opportunity to score but instead looked incapable.

 

The season continues and they still suck, he's confused by the fact this isn't working. Although he does start trying to take a more leader-like role but then he gets injured again. The season could be over and yet again his team is a failure. His frenemy in Matthews is going to likely go to the playoffs while he's stuck on the couch. He works to get back, he wants to finish the season strong but watching the team from above confirms what he had refused to believe so far in his career.....They sucked, while they still looked better than last year at times his teammates seemed in over their heads at times. Like a switch in his head going off, he knew what was wrong; it wasn't Bylsma as much as it was his team, they couldn't handle the modern NHL game, they rarely gave a solid effort, and they were jokes. It was time to grow up, because as the franchise player with 8 more years here; if he wanted success he would need to personally lead them to it and if that meant he may lose a few of his friends a long the way than so be it. This was his team and thus he was a changed man.

 

 

 

What do you guys think? 

Sounds Legit. 

[PerreaultForever]

Or, he knows he is signed for big money for a long time and it's either lead, or keep losing. It's his team, or at least it will be next year. I'm sure he already knows he will be named captain. 

 

really, he's just a little older and more mature. nothing more, nothing less. 

[PASabreFan]

Cold fusion is a reality.

[Sabres Fan in NS]

Cold fusion is a reality.

So is soylent green.