[Johnny Makarov]

Originally Posted by Wolven

Andersson did great when he was "the guy" on at team that was built to win (2022-23).
- He put up the top minutes on the team (TOI/G 24:05), Hanifin had 22:39, Weegar had 21:06, Tanev had 20:07.
- That same season he outscored all of the other D with 49 points, which was #6 on the team for points

The year before that he also put up 22:40 minutes, 50 points, and was +30 for those of you who care about that. #1 D for points, #5 overall on the team.

On a well built and balanced roster he plays great and he is not playing as the #3 guy, he is still playing as #1 or #2.

The problem with last season wasn't anything to do with Andersson's play and almost entirely had to do with how the roster was built, how little support he had, and how dramatically different his role was from the rest of his career.

What I find impressive is that even with primarily defensive zone starts, he still matched his career high for goals and had a pretty good number of assists on a very low scoring team where the forwards he had the most ice time with were Backlund and Coleman.

That is just a small taste as to why +/- is still a useless statistic to draw conclusions from. The rest of the data largely refutes your opinion.

Were you eating paste when you watched him play against the Oilers in the playoffs? lol