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Originally Posted by Erick Estrada
It’s a dumb stat wher a player you are trying to defend is poor in that metric.
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It’s also a dumb stat when a player I like is great in that metric. I never ever to it at all.
I’m not defending Monahan either. He’s not having a good year, not bouncing back like I hoped and should be traded. But not because of plus minus.
Here’s an example of why it’s bad. Tkachuk plays on the same line as Gaudreau and Lindholm but is 6 points behind in plus minus. That shows right there that it’s a function of luck on the line change and circumstance. Somehow Tkachuk wound up not on the ice when 6 goals were scored for or he was on and the others weren’t when goals were scored against.
And even when they’re on the ice when a goal is scored, they could be doing their job perfectly, and it’s someone else messing up, or the opposition just made a great play. Dumb stat no matter what it says for a player.