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Originally Posted by The Cobra
Staal is not a nominee. He finished top 3 in the voting, which is completed.
He was -14 because he played the toughest minutes against the other teams best players.
Reason # 56 why +/- is a flawed stat.
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yes, and on the aggregate, he was worse in the goal differential against those top players.
The Selke has typically gone to a forward who has pretty good offensive production, but is an elite checker at the same time. That means your plus/minus is probably at least going to be on the positive side of the ledger.
So, no, it's not a flawed stat when you're talking about the friggin Selke award. If you're asking for a bottom 6 plug center who can eat tough minutes and not sink your team too much...well then I guess we need a new award for that.
It's ridiculous that these guys couldn't find at least one forward better than Jordan Frickin' Staal to vote for.