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From: [email protected] (Greg Ballentine)
Subject: Re: plus minus stat
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In article [email protected], [email protected] (Joseph R Mcdonald) writes:
>Jagr has a higher +/-, but Francis has had more points. And take it from
>an informed observer, Ronnie Francis has had a *much* better season than
>Jaromir Jagr. This is not to take anything away from Jaro, who had a
>decent year (although it didn't live up to the expectations of some).
Bowman tended to overplay Francis at times because he is a Bowman-style
player. He plays hard at all times, doesn't disregard his defensive
responsibilities and is a good leader. Bowman rewarded him be increasing his
ice time.
Jagr can be very arrogant and juvenile and display a "me first" attitude.
This rubbed Bowman the wrong way and caused him to lose some ice time.
Throughout the year, Francis consistently recieved more ice time than
Jagr. Althouhg I have never seen stats on this subject, I am pretty
sure that Jagr had more points per minute played that Francis. When
you add to that Jagr's better +/- rating, I think it becomes evident
that Jagr had a better season- not that Francis had a bad one.
Gregmeister