A long winded post, but still not saying much. Strome was inserted because the poster was comparing McD to Marner, when Marners stats this year aren't even on par with another 2015 on Erie's roster.
If Knight fans can't handle others opinions without getting ********, then maybe they shouldn't post ridiculous comparisons.
Nearly 1/4 of Marners goals come from Domi feeds. That is a pretty substantial amount IN MY OPINION.
1 Post of:
- Multiple metrics
- Anecdotes of respected hockey people
- Facts
Vs.
5 posts of:
- (in your words) "from watching the highlights"
And I'm accused of "not saying much"? What does that say about the information you presented? Sounds a bit hypocritical.
And I covered the poster's Marner/McDavid thing for you. The poster was not saying Marner is as good as McDavid (heck, it was not his overall point!). You interpreted it that way to forge a strawman.
23% is a substantial amount? These are your exact words:
"Lots of Domi feeds. Similar to McDavid and DeBrincat."
I posted the numbers to prove that sentence was ignorant:
DeBrincat's goals assisted by McDavid: 79%
Marner's goals assisted by Domi: 23%
It was an irresponsible assertion, and since you've admitted you only go off highlights, the prudent thing would have been to fact-check before you knock a player on the basis of factual errors.
As I'll state again before we go into another circle of diversions, no one takes issue with your "opinion". It's the strawmans, red herrings, and factual errors used to knock a player, regardless of suspected intent. You've admitted you only watch highlights, so when I read "he will struggle in the NHL", "lots of Domi feeds, similar to McDavid and DeBrincat", "where was the great Marner when London had their soul crushed", and "you're just a ******** Knights fan", I'll refute that with evidence, which I've done. Don't play victim.
It's also very convenient that the meat of numbers/anecdotes I posted (namely, the last paragraph) were completely ignored, but I'm accused of "not saying much". Give me a break.
Here are my final two paragraphs, which went ignored:
Your commentary of Marner's play at the Memorial Cup just exhibits more ignorance. I recall reputable scouts like Edwards and Yessie praising Marner's play in the Memorial Cup in a sea of underperforming Knights. I also recall Brendan Ross repeatedly questioning London's coaching as to why Marner wasn't utilized more (Marner was in on more chances than any Knight in the Val-D'or game, noted by the announcer [Cosentino if my recollection was correct] during the game).
Per ExtraSkater's sabremetrics, Marner led every non-Guelph OHL player last year in GF%rel. He also led London in PPGvsGUE (1.73), and was top-3 in ESPPG (0.75) and +/- ratio (2.23). Quite remarkable considering he played nearly the whole 2nd half on a line with Yakimowicz and MacDonald.
