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C Jack Eichel - Boston University, NCAA (2015, 2nd, BUF) III

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Is it possible that Eichel just stays in college?

And then signs as a free agent with who ever he wants in a few years? Is that something that a team picking 2nd overall would ever have cross their mind on draft day?
 
Why risk injury in college and lose a few years of earnings when you're one of the most NHL-ready prospects of the past few years, and on the verge of realizing a lifelong dream?
 
What motivation would he have??? He'd lose out on millions and could risk having a career ending injury before he's even earned a buck.
 
If he wants to avoid signing a contract that could see him paid almost 3M in the next 3 years and instead make $0 while playing a game where injuries do happen.
 
SaintMorose said:
If he wants to avoid signing a contract that could see him paid almost 3M in the next 3 years and instead make $0 while playing a game where injuries do happen.
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Maybe his mentality is that if he doesn't get injured in those 3 years and he comes out of college as the best prospect to ever do so he could make a ridiculous amount and sign on with borderline contender and potentially win a cup in his first couple of years
 
startainfection said:
Maybe his mentality is that if he doesn't get injured in those 3 years and he comes out of college as the best prospect to ever do so he could make a ridiculous amount and sign on with borderline contender and potentially win a cup in his first couple of years
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Or he suffers a huge injury and his values drops.
 
startainfection said:
Maybe his mentality is that if he doesn't get injured in those 3 years and he comes out of college as the best prospect to ever do so he could make a ridiculous amount and sign on with borderline contender and potentially win a cup in his first couple of years
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Since entry level contrast are limited for free agents as well drafted prospects, I don't think there's any way he can make more money by waiting three years to sign.
 
startainfection said:
Maybe his mentality is that if he doesn't get injured in those 3 years and he comes out of college as the best prospect to ever do so he could make a ridiculous amount and sign on with borderline contender and potentially win a cup in his first couple of years
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He would still have to sign a 3 year ELC, so no, that wouldn't happen. Eichel would never do something like this. He's going to be one of the faces of the NHL within the next couple of years.
 
Yes it is possible Eichel stays.... for 1 more season.

I am sure a lot of wiser people then us will tell him there is no need to rush. The WJC will be appealing as the US with or without Eichel might be the favourites, plus.... its college. If I went to college for 1 year then you told me I had to work, I would have been slightly bummed

Just saying 1 more year is possible. Beyond that, yes it would become a greater risk
 
flyershockey said:
He would still have to sign an ELC, so no, that wouldn't happen. Eichel would never do something like this. He's going to be one of the faces of the NHL within the next couple of years.
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Easily attainable signing bonuses?

Also this was entirely about him being able to, I wasn't sure if he would still have his negotiating rights under the team that drafts him by the time he graduates
 
Hasbro said:
If a well off team some how came up with the #2 pick, but Buffalo/Phoenix can use him right away.
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Personally I can't imagine a scenario where any lottery team (or any team trading for the second overall pick) wants him to stay in college, but I guess it's not impossible.
 
startainfection said:
Easily attainable signing bonuses?

Also this was entirely about him being able to, I wasn't sure if he would still have his negotiating rights under the team that drafts him by the time he graduates
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Signing bonuses are just bonuses. There's nothing to attain.

Eichel could stay in school for three more years and become a UFA in August (the 15th, I believe) after he graduates. Obviously, that rule doesn't really matter for Eichel because every team in the league would line up to offer him a contract, but he wouldn't make any more money. He would still have to sign a 3 year ELC because of his age.

He would be better off just signing this summer, playing out his ELC, and signing a massive RFA contract at 21 years old.
 
There were NHL scouts that thought he could have played first line center in the NHL THIS YEAR! No way in the world, there is nothing more for him but to go to the NHL.
 
Naw, he will be in the NHL next year. He definitley has the ability to jump in and make an immediate impact on Arizona, Edmonton or Buffalo and has no incentive to return to College
 
I get that everyone is thinking about the $$$ here, which is normal, but not everybody in the world thinks that way. The chances that he does this are very slim but I think it could happen to the right player. If his goal is to win, and potentially gets drafted by a bad team who he thinks has no chance of success in the near future, he could hold out and sign with a better team in a few years.

I'm not saying it'll happen, but it definitely could.
 
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