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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 prefer to look at scoring chances and high danger scoring chances than Corsi. I'm not saying +/- is the best stat, it's just not useless and no way Bahl is plus without Rasmus simply due to luck or always changing first. That will happen but it can happen both ways and Rasmus likely had it happen to him more as he is the guy that plays more.
Maybe Bahl played with Weegar quite a lot when away from Rasmus and against lessor competition with Kadri or Backlund on the ice. I would think that would be a good argument over who changed first.
All stats need more digging