[Bring_Back_Shantz]

Originally Posted by MarkGio

It is a useless statistic. How many times has a goal been scored on a line change or just after a penalty kill. Or even if your in a quick transition, usually it's down to two defenseman and two opposition forwards, while everyone else is skating to join the play.

Look at the Avs current roster and all their +/- stats. Almost all of them are in the negative. It's more of a team metric than an individual one.

Totally,
I mean if a forward is way down at the offensive blue line and his team gives up a 2 on 1 goal, that's not his fault at all, what was he supposed to do, hustle back, not give up the puck?