Good for you!I do not cherry pick stats that support the Leaf player, and once again, those stats were not even part of the discussion. I use the same stats all the time, in the proper form that represents the best measure of offensive ability, and a select few Leaf players that are discussed a lot look very good in them because they are amazing players.
No. I do tend to post in threads related to Leaf players the most, as (almost) everybody does with their team, but I have used these same stats for other players. Leaf players tend to have the better stats in these comparisons, because the players they are compared against are usually inferior players, as a result of Matthews/Marner/Nylander being considerably underrated by much of this board throughout their ELCs. Panarin is at least closer in ability than most comparisons have been.
Nothing wrong with overrating your favourite teams players. A lot of young fans get excited. Just realize that there are lots of great players on other teams and try to look at other players on other teams more objectively. The Leafs have some good players for sure but so do a lot of teams and even some teams that are quite a bit better than the Leafs.
Have a good one!
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