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Originally Posted by Parallex
This can't be said enough. Another hypothetical: 4th line bangers get hemmed in own zone until goalie has to freeze the puck... the next unit out is now starting out further from the offensive zone and will now have to gain possession of the puck and log it further up the ice to generate any offence. Poor performance by anyone shouldn't be brushed off.
And as far as having one of the lowest plus-minuses on the team not being meaningful either... +/- is a flawed stat but I consider getting outscored 5v5 pretty meaningful. You just have to adjust for context.
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The ripple effect is real, of course, and context is indeed crucial to the measurements. Seeing a lower CF% or a -1 beside a 4th-liner's name shouldn't come as a surprise, though. That's not laziness or a rationalization - it's just common sense.
Now, it would be telling if said 4th-liner is a -3 on the night while most of his teammates are, say, a +1. As for corsi, it's a pet peeve of mine to see a player's CF% with zero context. How does it compare to his teammates? To other players in the league playing similar roles? And... where the hell am I?