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Flash Walken · 07-03-2013, 09:46 PM

I think the best way to judge the top tier or elite talents or however you want to call them is in the following way.

If you moved them from the team they are currently on to any of the top 15 teams in the league, would they retain their position?

For example: Bouwmeester. If you put Bouwmeester on half of the teams in the league, would he still be a top pairing defender on that roster? I would say that, yes, he would be a top pairing defender on any team in the NHL. If you apply the same standard to Giordano, who is a top pairing defender for Calgary, the answer is significantly different.

Another example: Alex Tanguay. Is Alex Tanguay a top line winger in the NHL? On the Calgary Flames, he is a top line winger. I would say, no, on the majority of contending NHL teams, he is not a top line winger, he is a depth winger.

There just isn't 30 top centres and 30 top goalies and 60 top defenders in the league.

07-03-2013, 09:46 PM	#151
Flash Walken Lifetime Suspension Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: The Void between Darkness and Light Exp:	I think the best way to judge the top tier or elite talents or however you want to call them is in the following way. If you moved them from the team they are currently on to any of the top 15 teams in the league, would they retain their position? For example: Bouwmeester. If you put Bouwmeester on half of the teams in the league, would he still be a top pairing defender on that roster? I would say that, yes, he would be a top pairing defender on any team in the NHL. If you apply the same standard to Giordano, who is a top pairing defender for Calgary, the answer is significantly different. Another example: Alex Tanguay. Is Alex Tanguay a top line winger in the NHL? On the Calgary Flames, he is a top line winger. I would say, no, on the majority of contending NHL teams, he is not a top line winger, he is a depth winger. There just isn't 30 top centres and 30 top goalies and 60 top defenders in the league.