Look, it's easy to poo-poo the Vegas Golden Knights when they don't have their main superstar. You need your team MVP to function at a high level and make marvelous plays. Unfortunately, Eichel was sick with the sniffles while dealing with an injury.
That makes it much easier to blame Vegas's woes on not having your best player on the ice. After all, you need him to set up goals and play all 200 feet of the ice. Eichel does all that and more, helping out on the power play and the penalty kill.