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Originally Posted by cannon7
I can quote about a dozen other posters in this thread that do not see Miromanov the way you do. Maybe they're all wrong, too. And that is their right. But I don't see you going out of your way to correct them on their assessments.
We seem to fundamentally disagree on the standard of proof here. That's fine. You believe whatever you want.
But I'll tell you what. If in a year's time Miromanov is still proving himself to be a top pairing guy, I'll come back here and eat crow. And if he doesn't, hopefully you'll have the character to do the same.
Right now, while he has exceeded my expectations, I still see a flawed defenceman that is likely more a. third pairing guy than a top pairing guy at the NHL level.
That's my opinion. On an internet forum. Go figure.
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The numbers suggest he's been very good. I don't see the need to jump on that bandwagon with the 20 game sample size, but they're not wrong if you ignore the total games played.
The numbers suggest he hasn't been sheltered. He could be sheltered in the future and could slide down the lineup but he hasn't so far.
So yeah ... lots of reason to disagree with a person suggesting he's sheltered when he's not. Less of a reason to disagree with people that think he's been good when he has.
I don't see him as a top four either. But I'm not looking for a statistical reason to prove that's the case like you erroneously did.