On Wed, 22 Feb 1995, Mike Machnik wrote: > I'm going to guess that Holzinger, because of his abilities and the > fact that he is easily the most important player BG has offensively, > tends to play a LOT on the power play and that this is where he picks > up many of his points. He may have only 5 PPGs in league play, but > since BG has 43, I bet he has quite a few PP assists. (A category > that should be kept track of along with PPGs, btw.) > > Of course, I don't know that this is true. But it could be, and if > so, it is a clear example of why you cannot just look at +/-. And the > combination of Holzinger picking up many PP points and perhaps playing > with defensively weak players could easily account for his low +/- but > high point total. This is the case...Holzinger plays on virtually all of BG's power plays. > I suppose I am saying, look at everything...don't just take one stat > and use it to compare players. > > I've got a question for people who follow BG. How good would BG be > without Holzinger? Um, in my opinion, they'd be decent. Maybe a bit better than .500. There'd be no way, though, that they'd be having anywhere near the type of season they've had. They wouldn't be in the Top Ten....that's for sure. -Dan "If I can't whup it, I'll go down." --J.R. "Bob" Dobbs