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Originally Posted by the2bears
Makes sense to me. I can see why PP goals don't affect the stat, but no reason a shortie shouldn't.
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My problem with this is that you shouldn't be able to get a plus during the time when you are "immune" to a minus. I mean, it's not like anyone in the history of hockey would ever try to "game" plus-minus, and it's more or less a throwaway stat, but it should still not reward risk-taking on the PK, when it isn't intended to take special teams into account. It makes no sense.
I guess you could argue that the effect would be offset by a player being able to get a minus for a PP goal against, but that doesn't work for players who only play one of the PP or PK. Which is quite a few. And again, it rewards a more conservative PP.