ChiTownPhilly
Not Too Soft
Spent some time reading Round 2 Vote 3 from the "Defensemen" project earlier today. Also scoured H-R, NHL.com & HoH Award & All-Star Voting to get a feel for how the Defensemen performed relative to the contemporaries at their position. Also tried to get a feel for the quality of the contemporaries- and am left with the impression that the "weak era for position" assertions for Park & Pilote may be something of an overstatement.
After taking that long trip around the neighborhood, I wind up in exactly the same place I started. The Defensemen project has the three Ds in the same order I had on my Prelim List- which also matches the order of their voting here last Round.
I don't think I've said a positive word about Brad Park yet- but it's more than time. He belongs this go-round. The Cliff's Notes argument for Park over Pilote is- their 10 year extended Prime is close- but Park at 30+ decisively eclipses Pilote's negligible contribution prior to age 26. And-- it's easier to put Points on the scoresheet when you have Hull on one line, and Mikita on another, to help finish things off. {And that's before even considering the Power Play chances you get here.}
All right: I'm off to the Polls. No matter how I finally work this all out, some guys I really admire are going to wind up on the bottom-half of my ballot.
After taking that long trip around the neighborhood, I wind up in exactly the same place I started. The Defensemen project has the three Ds in the same order I had on my Prelim List- which also matches the order of their voting here last Round.
I don't think I've said a positive word about Brad Park yet- but it's more than time. He belongs this go-round. The Cliff's Notes argument for Park over Pilote is- their 10 year extended Prime is close- but Park at 30+ decisively eclipses Pilote's negligible contribution prior to age 26. And-- it's easier to put Points on the scoresheet when you have Hull on one line, and Mikita on another, to help finish things off. {And that's before even considering the Power Play chances you get here.}
All right: I'm off to the Polls. No matter how I finally work this all out, some guys I really admire are going to wind up on the bottom-half of my ballot.
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