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From: [email protected] (Tom Huot)
Subject: Re: plus minus stat
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Brad Gibson ([email protected]) wrote:
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: plus/minus ... it is the most misleading hockey stat available.
Not necessarily the most misleading, but you are right, it definitely
needs to be taken in the proper perspective. A shining example is
if you look at the Penguins individual +/-, you will find very few minuses.
That only makes common sense, since they didn't lose many games.
: Until the NHL publishes a more useful quantifiable statistic including ice
: time per game and some measure of its "quality" (i.e., is the player put out
: in key situations like protecting a lead late in the game; is he matched up
: against the other team's top one or two lines; short-handed, etc), I would
: much rather see the +/- disappear altogether instead of having its dubious
: merits trumpeted by those with little understanding of its implications.
Unfortunately, you will need to keep a ridiculous number of stats to
really come up with a statistic which really shows a player's value.
Let's just enjoy the game and not overanalyze it. (like I'm doing now,
excuse me!)
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