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Originally Posted by Wolven
I did say it is a weak stat and I've backed it up with other stats that showed how he was playing bigger minutes, getting primarily defensive zone starts, and playing the largest chunk of his minutes with Backlund and Coleman as they respectively took a step back in their scoring. (It is hard to get pluses when the forwards aren't scoring)
On the other hand, Weegar had his largest "5v5 TOI With" forwards as Kadri, Huberdeau, Coronato.
+/- could be an indicator but it isn't something you use to draw up conclusions. You move on to more meaningful stats that tell you the story of the season... that's why they have "advanced stats".
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You could drum up all the advanced stats you want, but it still doesn't explain how he was 3rd-worst in the entire NHL for plus/minus, on a 96-point team. It's a weak stat, but not entirely useless, or they would remove it. I love Rasmus, but he had a bad year- and while injuries obviously plagued him all year long, he may not be worth quite as much as we think in a trade because of that.