Quote (LuLer @ Jun 22 2017 02:14pm)
Schlemko trade is really weird. Surprised nobody gave up a 4th or even 3rd for him. Solid 3rd-pairing guy everywhere he's been.
And then they get a 2nd for TVR who is young but not a real high chance of being a top-4.
Probably because you lost a decent amount of value when it comes to the player exchange. Even if Strome un-busts his ceiling probably isn't much higher than what Eberle does consistently every year.
I don't know much about strome but he was a #5 overall pick so his ceiling must be close to eberle.
I get the feeling people value eberle by the one year he scored 34, since he's signed his contract he's been mailing it in 9/10 games.
The problem with eberle is one simple problem. Effort. Not just effort in his own end , or in the corner. Effort everywhere on ice. The 1/2 dozen or so games a year he feels like earning his salary his game is complete. The rest of the year he's atrocious in all aspects of his game , don't matter how fast he can skate or how quick his release is when he's on cruise control.
If it was just his def zone coverage or willingness to battle for a lose puck he'd be useful on our pp at least right? Nope our fourth line centre stole his job on the #1 pp.
There's not to many players who manage to turn their game around when the only problem is the amount of try in their game.
I really hope he can, his wjhc performance is still one of my favorites I've watched.
This post was edited by remco6 on Jun 22 2017 02:44pm