Jags
Mildly Disturbed
Eller has allowed fewer goals against on the PK consistently through-out his career.
That's all there is to your argument, Hive, and it's objectively false.
Now you want to backpedal to qualify it from yet another flawed perspective.
The bottom line is that you said Eller has allowed fewer goals throughout his career than Beagle on the PK, and it's not true.
Your larger argument -- simply that Eller is clearly and objectively the superior penalty killer -- is also not nearly as clear-cut as you make it out to be. My only, very simple point is that it's arguable. Very arguable. Easily arguable. And I've made it clear why.
That Eller is superior in this capacity is just your opinion, and it's easy to argue otherwise.
The bottom line for me is that if I had to choose one of these guys to kill a penalty with my life on the line, yes, I want the guy that'll win the faceoffs. I want the guy who's better in pursuit and on the forecheck. I want the guy with the bigger motor and higher compete level. I want the guy that's having a stellar season over the one who very clearly isn't. I want the guy who has no glaring weaknesses in his PK game over the one who is a liability or secondary option in certain situations.
I want Beagle every time. Your mileage may vary. You're entitled to that, but let's not confuse your subjective opinions with objective truths anymore. Your opinions are obviously well-considered and thoughtful, regardless of whether or not they're universally 100% correct. If you can't eke out even the piddly amount of humility it would take to admit that you overstated this one point, then there's just no point in debating things with you.
They're both great PKers. It's absolutely arguable who might be better; but it's just not productive to argue it with you...