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Originally Posted by PepsiFree
Yeah, Hall is not Crosby. News at 11.
I don’t really even want Hall on the team. I don’t care. But the idea that plus minus suddenly is THE stat or that we should turn down every player that isn’t Sidney Crosby is bizarre. We all wish we had O’Reilly, right? Well, not a lot of people wanted him when he was available. So best laid plans and all.
If you keep waiting to somehow get a perfect player in a trade, you’re going to miss out or be unhappy with the cost. It’s the way it goes. Guys like Hall? Far from perfect, but that’s why he’s available and that’s why the cost isn’t insane.
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And again, Hall comes at a cost in terms of current roster players, future salary etc.
I didn’t say +/- is THE stat. I didn’t start my evaluation of Hall on a stat. In fact I told you anecdotally what I don’t like about Hall’s game, that everyone has seen, and the stat +/-, as it turns out, supports it.
The guy is offensively talented, defensively questionable, to the point that these have often basically offset each other.