re plus minus stat in article apr sol uvic ca gballent hudson uvic ca greg ballentine writes in article tnclus tele nokia fi hahietanen tnclus tele nokia fi writes in article apr sol uvic ca gballent vancouver uvic ca greg ballentine writes is a good stat because it is the only stat that i am aware of that takes into account defensive play it isn t a measure of defensive play it takes into account offense and defence all aspects of play if we are interested of real all round players the power play stats should be considered too because the power play is also one aspect of play there is still something to be done with these player evaluation tools imo any good player should score on power plays because of the man advantage very good power play scorers tend to become overrated because their point totals are inflated by power play points tends to expose these overrated players such as brett hull john cullen and dave andreychuck given the opportunity to play power play consistently any player can inflate his totals gregmeister except for vancouver of course bure has a hard time scoring on that power play he s got shorthanded goals and pp goals i think
