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Originally Posted by theinfinitejar
I actually think PDO was originally or best used as a statistical second opinion on players. It allows a quick look at a guy who had an uncharacteristically bad or good season to see if they really broke out or really declined or if you should expect him to revert to his previous form. Really useful to find undervalued guys or know when to stay away from a mirage. It's only a measure of luck if you have a baseline to compare it to.
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Originally Posted by Jay Random
But the thing to look at in that case is shooting percentage. Knowing what a goalie’s save percentage was while a particular skater was on the ice tells you very little about the skater.
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More accurately, it's a measure of a player's "luck" in +/-, where player PDO is the PDO of his team while he's on the ice.