Shocking. Another intolerant Devils fan of a different opinion in regards to Hughes. It wasn't enough that your fan base complained to the moderators for months to get me banned from his prospect thread because I had a different opinion about Hughes.
No one is stating it as a fact. I never did. Why don't you Devils fans leave me alone in regards to this? I didn't seek out your comment to disagree with. I gave my opinion in my own reply to the thread. I have my opinion, which your fans are offended in regards to. I've seen Hughes play consistently for two years, and don't think he's a center. I said it before the draft and said it before the draft lottery. Your fan base seems to mostly have only started watching him play hockey in the last month, and thinks anyone who doesn't think Hughes is a center must have some bias against your team or Hughes.
Yikes this post is really something.
I am in no way intolerant of other opinions, but I'm absolutely intolerant of people making nonfactual statements and hiding behind "it's just my opinion" when they are called out on it. You said "Hughes isn’t a center" and "he doesn't play the position well. He'll add more value as a winger", both of which are a statement of fact by you which is demonstrably false because this is the only position he has played, and has continued that trend in development camp, the prospects tournament, training camp, and the preseason with the Devils and has looked good in all of them doing so. By excluding him from your list, you were stating as a fact that he isn't a centerman and shouldn't even be in the poll. There were multiple posts after yours which took what you said as a statement of fact, and responded in confusion because they thought he had been playing center with the Devils. If you had said "in my opinion I don't think he is going to work out as a centerman" or something similar, I wouldn't have even responded because that is making it clear that you have an opinion on his future, instead of making an inaccurate and misleading statement of fact. You don't get to frame your "opinions" like they are facts, than turn around and hide behind "it's just my opinion" when you are called out on it. This would be like me saying in a thread "Pavel Buchnevich isn't an NHL player", when that is demonstrably false.
For your supposed persecution narrative, I have no interest in even engaging in that discussion.