Preisst*
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I came across this article about a five (5) year study that was done on the plus/minus statistic. (did a search but didn't find another thread on it)
I implore posters to read it, I suspect many will find it highly interesting.
Some bottom line points are that 30% of pluses awarded on a goal were found to not involve the player at all.
Defensively it was far worse as it was found that 50%, yes 50%, of players did nothing to warrant getting a negative and it was very often that players were doing their job defensively and were given the minus because of another players error.
Please note that one of the words in the link is filtered so you will need to copy and paste it :
blogs.edmontonjournal.com/2013/05/13/just-how-horse-
Here are some other interesting articles on the plus minus.
http://islanderspointblank.com/news/the-farce-that-is-plusminusthe-most-thankless-stat-in-hockey/
http://www.shutdownline.com/hurricanes/statistical-analysis/fun-with-plusminus.html
http://blogs.thescore.com/nhl/2013/...us-etiquette-amongst-teammates-in-pro-hockey/
Enjoy and feel free to discuss.
I implore posters to read it, I suspect many will find it highly interesting.
Some bottom line points are that 30% of pluses awarded on a goal were found to not involve the player at all.
Defensively it was far worse as it was found that 50%, yes 50%, of players did nothing to warrant getting a negative and it was very often that players were doing their job defensively and were given the minus because of another players error.
Please note that one of the words in the link is filtered so you will need to copy and paste it :
blogs.edmontonjournal.com/2013/05/13/just-how-horse-
Here are some other interesting articles on the plus minus.
http://islanderspointblank.com/news/the-farce-that-is-plusminusthe-most-thankless-stat-in-hockey/
http://www.shutdownline.com/hurricanes/statistical-analysis/fun-with-plusminus.html
http://blogs.thescore.com/nhl/2013/...us-etiquette-amongst-teammates-in-pro-hockey/
Enjoy and feel free to discuss.