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Originally Posted by GioforPM
This actually disproves the accuracy of +/-, and shows how much luck is involved. Presumably regular D partners should have almost the same +/-. The goals for and against should be against the same pairing. But in this case they aren't, so why? Did Rasmus suddenly play worse whenever Bahl left the ice? Or maybe was Bahl always the first change and Rasmus got stuck at the end of shifts more often? Or maybe whenever there was a lineup change Rasmus got stuck with worse players than Bahl.
Anersson and Bahl had a corsi of 49.2% which ain't bad considering they were most often put up against the top lines. Bahl's Corsi was worse with every other partner except Weegar. Rasmus had better Corsi with Weegar too, but also Miromanov and Barrie.
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I think people have shown coupled with all the other stats the -38 wasn't a fluke. If he was -15 you could call it a fluke or not representative of his play, but he is with players right at the bottom of the league and those players are on lottery teams.
49.2% isn't the worst but it is underwater. The high number of blocked shots not all 5v5 mind you, and the negative xGF show a player that was in his end defending a lot more and allowing a lot more. Yes, it is a 5-man unit, but D are usually responsible for the breakout and getting pucks up and helping sustain pressure on the other end.
It also 1 player with a considerably higher +/-
We all celebrated when Johnny, Matthew and Lindy set records in +/- but now its a useless stat.