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Originally Posted by TheScorpion
Just wanted to return to this for a sec. I've done nothing but provide quantitative evidence in this thread, showing categories where Mangiapane has ranked among the league's best players over the last two seasons. These are statistics. These numbers are real. You can debate the merits of them if you want to, but they exist.
The response has been a lot of hand-waving and trying to explain away these numbers as not really indicative of reality. If anything, I'd say there's been a lot more jumping to conclusions on the side that doesn't think Mangiapane has earned a big contract. There's been a lot of bias and deference in favour of more commonly accepted stars and unfounded doubt cast upon a guy who, the stats indicate, is underrated in the hockey zeitgeist.
I'm using numbers to indicate my position. The responses have not featured anything even resembling reasoning beyond "come on" and "he is NOT elite" and "that stat is subjective" and he's only "decent." Based on what?
Anyway. I just wanted to defend myself a bit because I really don't think anything I've said has earned a weird slag against any aspirations I may have (which are almost entirely unrelated to this discussion). This is happening more and more and I'm tired of seeing it. You really don't know what I want to do with my life. Either way, right now, I'm primarily writing opinion columns — not reporting the news. But I think the stats Mangiapane has put forth are decidedly news-worthy, regardless.
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Having strong opinions that you can defend is a pretty good approach to doing well in the media game.
So carry on with what you are doing.