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Originally Posted by DoubleK
I'm actually not being obtuse.
Saying that a player is #2C on our team but would be #1C on another team means absolutely nothing. You can only play one center at a time.
It is the literal definition of being completely irrelevant and the only purpose is to make a fanbase feel better about their team than they should be.
It's hockey's version of mansplaining.
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Considering your use of literal, irrelevant, and mansplaining, I now have little confidence that you understand what you’re trying to say, let alone what other people are trying to say.
It has nothing to do with how many centers you can play at a time. And what it “means” is not nothing, what it means is that our second best center is good enough to be another team’s best center. It’s pretty simple stuff.
It’s no different than people who say “we don’t have a #1 center (or true #1, etc). Like… of course we do, every team has a #1 center, but unless you’re on the spectrum and interpret nuance or context or turns of phrase differently (which is all good) then I think most people expect you to pick up the point easily without weirdly mentioning mansplaining. It’s about quality and overall skill level, not the literal number of centers a team has.