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Originally Posted by OptimalTates
That's usually how discussions go, yes. I posted 10 players I believe are clearly better, someone wants to claim he's better than Gaudreau or Crosby, or whoever else they omit from their top 10 list would likely prompt some discussion. I don't see the harm.
Patrick Kane is the best player in the league. No one refute that statement or you're just arguing for the sake of arguing!
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Discussions are usually discussions, not some semantics nerd citing “consensus” and telling everyone else his list of top 10 hockey players is the correct one because of it.
It’s ok for a discussion to involve calling Tkachuk a top 10 player and not being forced to name the nine others. As you’ve seen, there are different factors at play, including age, playing style, contract, etc. If you write everything but your own limited criteria off, you end up having to defend signing Ovechkin for 8 years over Tkachuk just because Ovechkin scores 50 “in today’s NHL.”
It’s not about arguing for the sake of arguing, it’s about not structuring your arguments in such a limited way that ends up with you demanding the same thing from everyone who tries to enter the discussion, instead of just letting it flow naturally.
“What’s your top 10? What about your top 10? That’s not technically part of the top 10! Wait that’s a different kind of qualifier for a top 10 that my top 10 didn’t consider so it doesn’t count!” My guy… relax. Nobody but you cares as much about your definition of top 10 as you do, I promise. The rest of us just like reading or shooting the #### about it.