Two interesting facts:
- Levshunov has been on the ice for 3 empty net goals against.
- Every single player on the team has a negative plus/minus since the game against the Avs (Lev's debut)
Plus/Minus is a flawed stat. Lev has been getting a lot of time at the end of these games with the goalie pulled because he does a better job of generating from the backend than pretty much anyone else here. And what he's got to show for that is being on the ice for 3 goals against in those situations. Murphy isn't getting those opportunities, because the coaching staff wants to get the game even and Murph isn't known for his ability to generate offense.
Again, I'd like the poster who brought this subject back up today to explain why David Rundblad was better than Duncan Keith in that 2014-2015 season? Or why Michal Rozsival was better than Brent Seabrook in that same year? Because that's what plus/minus would suggest. That poster seems unable or unwilling to answer despite numerous attempts and responses to other posts of mine.
That poster also keeps suggesting that they don't question Lev's offense and then mentions today that he's on a 32pt pace. First, he's 19 in his D+1 season. Second, last season, all three of Nurse, Ekman Larsson, and Provorov had 32pts (each having at least 80 games played). They are listed as the 47th, 48th, and 49th best defeseman according strictly to points (according to EP).
If Levshunov was nothing more than a 32pt defenseman, he'd be in/around the top 50 offensive producers on the backend every single year. He absolutely will continue to develop, but even if he magically didn't (like Oldscool seems to want to believe), he'd still have solid production. His defensive game won't be such a hindrance that if would offset clear top pairing offensive ability and that he'd be nothing more than a bottom pairing D.
And while I can go on criticizing this poster on here, I'll simply go back to a point I made here yesterday and they, again, didn't want to respond to. It's pathetic to claim, without any evidence, that you have a buddy that was an NHL scout and use that 'friend' as a means to win arguments on an online forum. You have no idea the amount of second hand embarassment I'm getting from reading your posts. I didn't feel anything about you as a poster a week ago, but now I cringe anytime I see your name. You really should've just cut your losses at the whole "Bottom 6" comment regarding Levshunov.
