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Originally Posted by Macindoc
+/- is a flawed stat, but the ways in which it is flawed do not favour Gaudreau. It favours those who play on the PK and punishes those who play on the PP (- for shorthanded goal against, + for shorthanded goal for, no change for PP goal either way). It also favours those who are on good teams and who are playing primarily with good linemates, but which of the proposed finalists (aside from Shesterkin) aren't?
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I would say that both McDavid and Draisaitl have noticeably worse linemates than Gaudreau or Matthews. Having said that, ~40% of their point production comes on the powerplay, where they play with each other and the whole 2 minutes in most cases.