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Originally Posted by ricardodw
sometimes your posts provide some perceptive information/opinion. This time not so much.
are what you are trying to say is that Vanek is the very very worst top line superstar?? And Glencross the very best depth scorer?
I don't have the stats but I would venture to say that over the last 3 years Glencross would have played against more elite competition, the Sedins, Getzlaff/Perry, Kopitar/Brown, Thornton/Burns, Steen /Backes, you know the guys that are going to be on their countries Olympic team than Vanek.
do you feel that a super star like Vanek is constantly matched up head to head with the oppositions version of Glencross makes his goals more worthy than Glencrosses?
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I'm not saying anything about Glencross and Vanek in terms of one another because they don't make good comparison, that's my point. Vanek was the Sabres top line talent for years, this is undisputed fact. That means night in and night out he was going up against the shut down lines the top pairing defenseman and having coaches strategize to stop him from scoring. As every top line does, and as the most offensive player on that top line Vanek was especially watched.
Glencross has never been in the same situation. It was Iginla who had that honour.
And it is a two-way street. Depth players don't receive the same amount of PP time, they might not have the greatest line mates, they might not get offensive zone starts, etc. etc. They just don't make good comparisons.