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Originally Posted by GioforPM
Sorta, except Coleman's +/- versus his linemates is impacted by the fact he's often the last guy one a line change and picks up quite a few points when Backlund and Huberdeau (back then) already changed. And he and Backlund benefit from the shorties. The differences in +/- on that former line are pretty striking. Yegor's -9 is pretty odd.
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First of all, how many points do you think would fall into that scenario? hardly any, and it s true of all players (for positive and negative effects).
More to the point, that same effect is equally true for all stats: if Coleman stays out after his linemates, and the team gets a scoring chance, he gets an xGF boost, whether he was in the play or not.
ALL hockey stats are subject to the same flaw that you hold against +-.