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Originally Posted by sketchyt
I think I outlined it previously. You quantify it with a player comparison.
For example, if you quantified Kipper's stats simply as a numbers game comparison to other goalies, he's not a top 5 goalie in this league. However, I would have serious trouble naming 5 goalies I'd rather have over him.
Same with Bouwmeester. The argument is if he's a top 2 dman. If he's not, it should be easy to name 60 dmen - salary aside - who you'd rather have on this team. I can't name 60 dmen to push him out of that list so in my mind he's a top pairing dman.
So maybe you'd like to look things only on a numbers perspective... which is fine. Numbers can be cold, hard truths. I just prefer to look at things a little wider and look at numbers (not great), what I see with my own eyes at a game (he's ok, sort of misused), and also comparing to other players as an overall depth chart (can't name 60 other dmen better than him = top pairing dman).
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I don't think it works that way. I'm not saying there are 60 better defensemen in the league, but to be able to confidently say that there is or there isn't, wouldn't you have to have seen a fair bit of hockey played by every team in the NHL?