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Originally Posted by Alberta_Beef
It's a thinly veiled bash Engelland/Smid/Bollig/Raymond thread. The fact he concludes his summary by saying sometimes +/- tells the whole story is nothing short of a farce because +/- NEVER tells the whole story.
The one part of the story being ignored is goals scored when these guys (Engelland/Smid) are on the ice. Smid for instance has only been on the ice for 8 goals for all year, Engelland has only been on the ice for 12 all year. Each of the top 4 defensemen have been on the ice for a minimum of 50 goals for.
When this team's offensive game is driven from the backend it shouldn't take much more than a passing thought to realize the 3rd pairing which contains 2 guys that are lacking on offensive ability are going to struggle in +/-.
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So you're saying it is telling the story??? Basically "It doesn't tell the story, they're bad because they can't push the puck up the ice". That's not disagreeing but somehow you're disagreeing?
They've been on the ice for more goals against per 60 minutes of even strength and almost no goals for. That's awful for any pairing