Well, there's terrible takes and then there's claiming a goalie is a better passer than a fairly highly ranked Dman, then trying to substantiate the claim with half assed stats.
Bad takes happen, just because you have a take doesn't make it credible, and EP has lost most of it's credibility over the years imo,
Like SoA said, it was made by JD Burke who is their Editor in chief (and it was most likely hyperbole like you see a lot on the internet), it doesn't mean the guys who made the recent rankings thought the same thing.
I also NEVER commented if the list was good or not, I only reported it... Personally, I think Nikishin is way too low on that list, for example. That guy is going to be damn good
But all that said, it's still made to create discussion, nothing else. I think everybody is aware that there is no exact science here.
You're not talking about hockey. You're talking about an irrelevant ranking.
Any article, ranking or discussion could be considered irrelevant then.
What I see is that it has been creating discussion, which is the goal of a forum like this.