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Originally Posted by Flash Walken
It's not about other players in the league though, that's the point.
It's assigning an arbitrary number on a relative scale to a single roster.
It's not a linear value, two lazars don't equal a bennett, but it *is* a referential value relative to other players in the lineup.
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If the numbers aren't going to have meaning, cut them out entirely and just make a ranking. But that's far less useful than making a linear scale would be.
And yes, my linear scale would primarily be a tool for comparing Flames players. But it to expand its use to assessing trade proposals, the top of the scale has to be league-wide, or maybe even all-time. So to place Gaudreau, you have to compare him to other players. Or you could make him 10 (or 1000) and let other players go over, but I find that less elegant.