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Originally Posted by Cobra
Lol....exactly.
When you are minus 11 in 30 playoffs it will not equal many wins.
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I feel like I am eepeating myself.
You have causation and correlation mixed up. An individual can't stop Brian Elliott from letting in a butter soft goal. An individual can't force Hanifin and Hamonic to tighten up their gap control. An individual can't be expected to check Pavelski et al while still scoring with Tobias Reider on his LW. An individual also can't miraculously score on a John Gibson stopping everything thrown his way.
Plus Minus is not an individual stat.
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Players care about the +/- stat. They talk about it all the time.
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They also talk about pre-game superstitions all the time.
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We were on for 2 goals tonight and cost the team a win....got to be better.
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being on the ice for 2 goals against does not mean you could have done anything different as an individual.
Goal differentials are influenced by a myriad of factors, one of which is stupid luck. They're not a good evaluator of an individual's impact.