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Originally Posted by Rising_Oil_Prices
Pretty sure added up they’re +24 as a team. Flames are even. And yea McDavid is +12 he’s a pretty big part of the team.
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Not only is the summation of individual +/- stats a gross misrepresentation of team +/-, but also the two teams faced vastly different opponents in the first round. The Oilers faced a young, inexperienced Kings team that was missing its top two right defensemen, including a perennial Norris candidate, and who were not projected to make the playoffs even before those losses, while the Flames faced an experienced Stars team with a goaltender who put on the performance of the century. If their opponents had been reversed, the Oilers wouldn’t even be in the second round.