It is not that some folks love him so much they do not see his flaws. It is that some folks...rather vocal ones if enough of us have noticed the trend...see those flaws as totally subservient of the positives of Z smash, peacock on the rush, and that booming shot. They do not fail to see the mistakes and challenges, they just minimize the effect they have on their overall evaluation of him as a player. But Pronman does seem to give some of the kids a bit more weight based on potential than I would...Z's development and experience put him above Compher, Kamenev, and maybe even Kaut (such a wildcard for me) for sure. And to have a proven top4 D (however you feel about Z, he has made a case to be a #4 at least) listed below the guy just ranked in the "has a shot" category is asinine.
The reverse can be true as well, for some players. people focus on one or more aspects of a player's game, and over-emphasize they impact those negatives have on their evaluation. Take Nemeth and the icings thing. Despite the numbers showing he is on ice for fewer icings than many of our other Dmen, folks will constantly harp on that as a fault, and overlook the fact that he had the best icing +/- of all our D (EJ was 2nd, Barrie last...few guys missing from list, not enough games maybe?).
Bah got myself worked up about it, and went to post a comment at Pronman and forgot about this post. Gonna just submit it without proofing it...flame me as needed.