joechip
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mowthecat said:So you're 16 and neither you nor your retired buddy are currently or ever have been pro scouts? You can make opinions on players by watching a few NCAA and Moose Jaw Canuck tapes? I think that makes your draft list suitable for oragami myself.
I'm constantly amazed by posters here sounding off on prospects when its painfully obvious they've never seen them play a single game, and lists like this should be chalked up to being entertainment versus any sort of hard knowledge. I'll put up any amount of money someone cares to name that Mr Shark hasnt seen 6 of these prospects live and on the ice, never mind that he hasnt the credentials to be talking the way he does.
Myself I'd like to see some credentials or at least an upfront admission that this is all in fun, is purely circumspect, and has absolutely no relevance to anything that will happen on draft day outside of numbers 1 and 2. I dont think theres one pick here past those thats anything close to factual, and my 4 year old could have managed that in 30 seconds.
Dude!
You are reading this on a message board. Everything written should be taken with liberal doses of sea water. Nothing has relevance. This is entertainment. Get a grip! Credentials? If the guy posts utter shite then eventually people will stop reading it. If his work is worthwhile then people will continue. It's called the free market in ideas, if you don't like it don't read. I don't need you or Vlad or anyone else playing 'content cop' for me. I'll judge this myself. This is what really ticks me off in these threads. A bunch of self-important blowhards accusing someone else of being a self-important blowhard when in reality all that was intended was some thoughtful discussion. This is to me means that the people doing the accusing don't actually have an opinion, and can't stand the fact that other people do. Therefore, they do the message board equivalent of 'taking my toys and going home," to focus all the attention on them.
Get over yourself, all of you.
The conjectures about who X-Sharkie has and has not personally seen play live is no more conjecture than when X-Sharkie thinks they are going to be drafted. You're engaging in the EXACT SAME behavior you are attacking him for.
Ta,