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Brad Richards: Mr. Minus
Brad Richards's plus-minus was a topic of conversation at the Air Canada Centre on Tuesday, and you can see why: Name Team GP G A Pts +/- 1 Brad Richards TAM 40 11 23 34 -23 2 Mathieu Darche TAM 33 4 4 8 -18 Steve McCarthy ATL 27 0 4 4 -18 4 Brad Lukowich TAM 38 1 2 3 -17
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The Battle of Alberta — ... I was listening to Mirtle on Bob Stauffer's show last Wednesday, and they were chatting briefly about plus/minus (prompted by Mirtle's post about Brad Richards). They kind of agreed, as most of us do, that it's somewhat flawed (even if you play a lot of PP and you're great at it, you'll invariably pick up some minuses for SH GA; when your goalie is pulled, the EN GA gives you a minus; etc.). ...

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