Dan Bylsma raised some eyebrows after the Flyers game when he criticized Jack Eichel for trying to go through three players before the first Philadelphia goal. Many didn’t understand why he’d say that because Eichel had three points in the game. The Sabres head coach admitted he is harder on the younger players, “You’re going to hate this answer, but yes.”
“Jack is a star player, no question, but he’s a young player as well and he’s got to learn that and that’s a process we’re going through.”
Some didn’t notice, but Eichel also got benched for the turnover. Bylsma said, “Did he miss a few shifts after that play? He did and it’s got to be an indicator of what he’s got to get better at and our whole team needs to be better at.”
Eichel isn’t one to pout, even if he disagrees with the coach. I’ve heard him say multiple times in interviews that “I’m not the coach”. Bylsma said, “I liked the response, I thought he understood why and I thought he played pretty inspired and pretty passionate after that.”
