From: gballent@hudson.UVic.CA (Greg  Ballentine)
Subject: Re: plus minus stat
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In article 9088@blue.cis.pitt.edu, jrmst8+@pitt.edu (Joseph R Mcdonald) writes:

>Jagr has a higher +/-, but Francis has had more points.  And take it from
>an informed observer, Ronnie Francis has had a *much* better season than
>Jaromir Jagr.  This is not to take anything away from Jaro, who had a 
>decent year (although it didn't live up to the expectations of some).

Bowman tended to overplay Francis at times because he is a Bowman-style
player.  He plays hard at all times, doesn't disregard his defensive
responsibilities and is a good leader.  Bowman rewarded him be increasing his
ice time.

Jagr can be very arrogant and juvenile and display a "me first" attitude.
This rubbed Bowman the wrong way and caused him to lose some ice time.

Throughout the year, Francis consistently recieved more ice time than
Jagr.  Althouhg I have never seen stats on this subject, I am pretty
sure that Jagr had more points per minute played that Francis.  When
you add to that Jagr's better +/- rating, I think it becomes evident
that Jagr had a better season- not that Francis had a bad one.

Gregmeister