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Originally Posted by CliffFletcher
It’s a matter of degrees. Typically the less emotional investment, the less bias. I put more weight in an assessment of prospects by a third party expert without a rooting interest than in a fan. Same with an assessment of how a playoff series played out. Or trades.
The degree of bias and emotional investment I have in the Islanders vs the Hurricanes is very low, and I think I could fairly assess trade scenarios between the two - maybe not absolutely objectively, but very close. More fairly than fans of either team could.
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I agree with you but there is also a trade-off in that the fans of the team likely have a ton more knowledge on their players than you do just based on the fact they watch them a lot more than you do.
Even before he was traded - I think Flames fans had a lower view of Tkachuk than the outside media from watching him so often. Dougie Hamilton is another guy who was loved by the fancy stat crowd but when you watched him a lot - you could see the flaws. In the opposite direction - Chris Tanev is a guy who you think is just a mediocre guy when he's on the Canucks but then you watch him a bunch and see what he brings to the table.