You are definately a knowledgeable poster who knows his way around the analytical parts of the game. But I'm not the only one who finds your posts come across as angry/condensing.
I'm sure you're not. People tend to feel that way when being proven wrong. Some people show repeatedly that they
deserve a harsher tone, just like how the person who was making ridiculous comparisons about "generational ____" got a harsher tone in this thread from the OP.
In this thread the poster clearly mentions several times what matthews actually needs to go out and accomplish before earning the title of a generational goal scorer
No, he lays out what
some people will need from Matthews before giving him his credit. He flat out calls him a generational scorer, which is beyond the terminology that I usually even go to, even though it is correct. He calls him the best goal scorer in the league, just like I have for some time. He explains how that level of dominance hasn't been seen in so long, just like I have for some time. He explains how using per 60 stats is better than the alternatives, just like I have for some time.
He clearly does not diminish other players contributions(highlights OV's greatness a s a goal scorer, pastranak being an elite goal scorer?
I do not diminish the contribution/accomplishments of other players. I repeatedly give them credit and call them the amazing players they are. Some people have raw points/goals so ingrained as an evaluation tool for player ability, despite the countless problems, that they equate explaining the context behind their production to be "diminishing" them.
You already have Matthews ranked as the best player
Please show me where I have said this. Seems like you're just making stuff up now.
or slightly below McDavid based on what he is done.
It is a fact that he is not as far behind McDavid as people think.
When people bring up the dominance of guys like Mackinnon/Draisaitl/Eichel you just resort to posting their /60 stats from the past 2 or 3 seasons. Matthews being higher in most of those statistics you define it as a fact that Matthews is superior to all those players.
While those players have had nice runs over small samples, Matthews has been a superior player over that time (despite being younger, in worse situations to produce), so when people on the
Leaf forum gush and aww over them while we literally have the best goal scorer in the world and one of the best players in the world, then yeah, I'll point out how the Leaf player compares when context is accounted for.
Why do you not feel the same type of feelings when those original people are gushing over Mackinnon/Draisaitl/Eichel? Why are you okay with it being said about Matthews now? Seems to me you're just blindly following raw points. But when I post and substantiate why looking at per 60 statistics are more representative, and consider context, I'm arrogant and only care about one thing? Seems like a double standard.
When he was on his drought he deserved criticism.
No. Every player has cold streaks. He did not deserve 99% of the "criticism" (let's be honest, hate) that was being thrown his way. The team was struggling, but he was literally still the team MVP during the beginning of the year.
You have made threads like this before, go over and read them. If your being unbiased you'll see there is clearly a difference in how the tone comes across in your writing vs TDK88.
I suggest you go back and read the reception to those posts/threads, even from you specifically. You will see that the only thing that changed is people's willingness to accept it and not be so hostile towards the suggestion.
