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2015 NHL Draft Prospect Profile #2 - Jack Eichel

Position: Center
Current Team: Boston University, NCAA
Date of Birth: October 28, 1998
Place of Birth: Chelmsford, Massachusetts
Height: 6'2"
Weight: 195 lbs
Shoots: Right

Rarely is there a talent that comes along that's the "once-in-a-generation" guy (hence why they're called such). Even more rarely is a draft year with TWO of those guys. Welcome to 2015! Jack Eichel might be the biggest consolation prize for finishing 30th and not winning the lottery that has ever been in the draft. He's big. He's fast. He can score almost at will, putting up 71 points in 40 NCAA games as a freshman--and a young freshman at that--on his way to the Hobey Baker Award.