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Originally Posted by GettinIggyWithIt
Ummm...no. Overrating means to rate or appraise too highly. Clearly there are people who feel that others are rating or appraising Phaneuf too highly. As long as the people overrating Phaneuf exist, then he can still be considered overrated by others. It's not that hard to figure out. This doesn't mean that there won't be people who think he's overrated, or that being considered overrated all of a sudden means that you are not...
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But if the majority of people think he is overrated then who is overrating him? That is my point. If all it takes is one person to overrate someone then all NHLers are overrated.
From what I have seen, heard, read most people think he is a decent offensive defenseman who can play big minutes and is not at the elite level but somewhere in the next group below that. Outside of the the majority of opinions have been that he sucks. That doesn't seem to be overrating him at all.
I haven't heard/seen anyone say he is one of the top 20 defensemen in the league and I am one of the biggest Phaneuf supporter/fans around. To me that is what it would take to say he is overrated.
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For example if the argument is that Phaneuf is worth 7-7.5 million, and someone believes he is not worth that amount, then he would be considered overrated by that person. You obviously believe he is worth that amount, so you don't think he is overrated. Others would disagree and say you are overrating him. It's pretty simple really.
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I think that would be an example of him being overpaid not overrated. I think Gomez was overpaid for a long time but he was properly rated because people thought he sucked.
I don't think he is worth that amount but think that is the going rate for guys like him right now and he, like many other FA's, are getting overpaid.