Anyone can make a list of some sort and it's completely subjective.
This is a set of parameters established by an author and applied to every player in the NHL. He's not picking favourites or trying to anger a fan base (though Oiler fans lost it on the weekend specifically).
To me there's a huge difference between a guy just ranking players and coming up with a formula.
The key then is do you like the results? And that takes some objectivity ... do you hate the list because Monahan didn't make it? Or do you like the list because the 3M line made it?
Comes down to Corsi events in this case, and therein lies the argument.
Having watched Backund emerge for years I do think players that do the play driving elements at elite levels are massively important. But that is the argument.
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