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Originally Posted by jonkaupp
Yes, Plus Minus is a totally useless stat. I didn’t at all say it was open to interpretation, I said it was garbage and useless. Because it is useless and should never be used as evidence of how player has been playing defensively. It is also 100% not the ‘batting strikeouts stat of hockey’, that is a laughably absurd point of view.
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Well, you certainly did make a case for why the stat is useless and why fancy stats are relevant. “Because I say so” is always a sure way to convince anyone of the correctness of your position. Well done.