I see that "mediocre" has joined "literally" as the latest word which the Internet has decided means the opposite of what it actually means.
"Mediocre" means "average, middle of the road, not noteworthy".
So when you say things like "Reto Berra is a mediocre NHL goalie", or "Ramo has been been mediocre", what your saying is that they have been as good as most NHL goalies, and are average among their peers.
When in fact the phrase you're looking for is "Reto Berra is f***ing terrible".
When you are at the bottom of the league among all goalies (starters and backups) in every statistical category, you are not "mediocre".
You are "f***ing terrible". That is the opposite of not being noteworthy.
Mediocre in the NHL is Pekka Rinne, or Marc-Andre Fleury. All 3 Flames goalies this year are in the bottom 5 of the NHL for sv%. They are all much, much, worse than mediocre.
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