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Originally Posted by Bandwagon In Flames
You have the word Corsi in your damn name. Yet you ignore the most basic and telling stat there is to judge a defensemen.
The reason +/- is a bad stat to judge is because it's just as much as result of being on a good team as it is determining if your a good player. But when you see that his linemate is a +10 while having 10 points to his name, the stat becomes a lot more useful.
TJ Brodie is great offensively and defensively. This is proven by having a top-20 +/- stat on a bottom dwelling team.
Karlsson is a career -19. That means that 5 on 5 he gets scored on more than he scores. That's hard to do for someone who scores as much as he does.
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Yes because the player Karlsson is now is EXACTLY the same as the player he was when he entered the league. Or the same player he was when he was recovering from a sliced Achiles tendon. He has had three minus seasons - his first two in the league on a team with horrible goaltending and the season where he was still recovering from his Achilles injury and couldn't pivot but still lead dmen in point while not winning the Norris which some fools believe is only given to the blueliner with the most points.
Also +/- is not just a 5 on 5 stat. It is also affected by short handed goals which will affect Karlsson more since he plays much more on the PP (usually as the only dman) than the PK. It is also affected by empty net goals.
You proclaim Doughty better because of his team's record yet Karlsson was playing in the playoffs last season unlike Doughty. Ottawa is not one of the worst teams in the league - they're in the middle third. And head to head this season against each other Karlsson is a +3 and Doughty is a -4.
You may or may not watch a lot of hockey but I don't think you watch it intelligently.