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Originally Posted by Kovaz
You have some ludicrously high standards for an "ETL" then. Malkin was at worst a top-3 player in the game for a lot of his career, and him and Kucherov each have a Hart trophy.
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Having a Hart trophy doesn’t make a player someone you build a team around. Would you build a team around Hall? I’d build a team around Iginla, and he doesn’t have a Hart.
You build around Crosby (ETL), you add in a Malkin (TL).
You build around Stamkos (ETL), you add in a Kucherov (TL).
You build around McKinnon (ETL), you add in a Ranta (TL).
I’m realizing now that most people’s arguments aren’t about me separating a Crosby above a Malkin, it’s really about what I’m calling each player type. That’s fair, I suppose. People have certain identities attached to “Elite Top Line” and “Top Six” etc. I need to come up with different names or people will continue to get stuck on that. Of course Malkin is an elite top line caliber player, in the traditional sense, but I’m not using the term in the traditional sense here. I’ve been very clear about what separates an ETL from a TL from a T6, but people are still thinking about traditional meanings vs my definitions. That’s on me, though. I’m talking about players in a different way, therefore I need a different way to classify them.