sonic92
Registered User
I know plus/minus is a stat that no one takes seriously but one funny thing I do like looking at is some of the guys who have the worst rating for that in each season. (and since they look like golf scores, the Green Jacket is somewhat of a slang term for that).
According to hockey-reference.com, 1959-60 is the earliest season with +/- ratings so that where we're starting.
1960 - Bill Gadsby NYR -31
1961 - Johnny Bucyk BOS -31
1962 - Doug Mohns BOS -62
1963 - Doug Mohns BOS -39
1964 - (tie) Jim Neilson NYR and Albert Langlois NYR/DET -24
1965 - Ted Green BOS -44
1966 - Bob Woytowich BOS -45
1967 - Gilles Marotte BOS -41
1968 - Larry Cahan OAK -39
1969 - JP Parise MIN -45
1970 - Larry Cahan LA -43
1971 - Doug Roberts CAL -57
1972 - Jean Potvin LA/PHI -45
1973 - Arnie Brown NYI/ATL -58
1974 - Reggie Leach CAL -62
1975 - Bill Mikkelson WSH -82
1976 - Larry Johnson KC -65
1977 - Al Cameron DET -43
1978 - Dennis Owchar PIT/COL -61
1979 - (tie) Garry Unger STL and Rick Green WSH -45
1980 - Peter Sullivan WPG -45
1981 - Dave Babych WPG -62
1982 - Dwight Foster COL -54
1983 - Doug Sulliman HFD -59
1984 - Pat Boutette PIT -56
1985 - Doug Shedden PIT -51
1986 - Randy Ladouceur DET -55
1987 - Grant Ledyard LA -39
1988 - Brian MacLellan MIN -44
1989 - Tom Fergus TOR -38
1990 - Bryan Fogarty QUE -47
1991 - Michel Petit QUE/TOR -34
1992 - Paul Fenton SJ -39
1993 - (tie) Doug Zmolek SJ, Rob Zettler SJ and Neil Wilkinson SJ -50
1994 - Gord Dineen OTT -52
1995 - Chris Dahlquist OTT -30
1996 - (tie) Owen Nolan COL/SJ and Craig Janney SJ/WPG -33
1997 - Alexandre Daigle OTT -33
1998 - Paul Ysebaert TB -43
1999 - Darcy Tucker TB -34
2000 - Yannick Tremblay ATL -42
2001 - Patrice Brisebois MTL -31
2002 - Tyler Wright CBJ -40
2003 - Jay Bouwmeester FLA -29
2004 - Rico Fata PIT -46
2006 - Mark Recchi PIT/CAR -36
2007 - RJ Umberger PHI -32
2008 - Radek Bonk NSH -31
2009 - Brendan Witt NYI -34
2010 - Patrick O'Sullivan EDM -35
2011 - Chris Phillips OTT -35
2012 - Milan Jurcina NYI -34
2013 - (tie) Erik Gudbranson FLA and Brian Campbell FLA -22
2014 - Alexander Edler VAN -39
2015 - Nail Yakupov EDM -35
2016 - Mikkel Boedker ARZ/COL -33
2017 - (tie) Matt Duchene COL and Tyson Barrie COL -34
2018 - Nick Leddy NYI -42
2019 - Rasmus Ristolainen BUF -41
2020 - Andreas Athanasiou DET/EDM -46
2021 - Rasmus Dahlin BUF -36
2022 - Keith Yandle PHI -47
2023 - Andrew Peeke CBJ -41
According to hockey-reference.com, 1959-60 is the earliest season with +/- ratings so that where we're starting.
1960 - Bill Gadsby NYR -31
1961 - Johnny Bucyk BOS -31
1962 - Doug Mohns BOS -62
1963 - Doug Mohns BOS -39
1964 - (tie) Jim Neilson NYR and Albert Langlois NYR/DET -24
1965 - Ted Green BOS -44
1966 - Bob Woytowich BOS -45
1967 - Gilles Marotte BOS -41
1968 - Larry Cahan OAK -39
1969 - JP Parise MIN -45
1970 - Larry Cahan LA -43
1971 - Doug Roberts CAL -57
1972 - Jean Potvin LA/PHI -45
1973 - Arnie Brown NYI/ATL -58
1974 - Reggie Leach CAL -62
1975 - Bill Mikkelson WSH -82
1976 - Larry Johnson KC -65
1977 - Al Cameron DET -43
1978 - Dennis Owchar PIT/COL -61
1979 - (tie) Garry Unger STL and Rick Green WSH -45
1980 - Peter Sullivan WPG -45
1981 - Dave Babych WPG -62
1982 - Dwight Foster COL -54
1983 - Doug Sulliman HFD -59
1984 - Pat Boutette PIT -56
1985 - Doug Shedden PIT -51
1986 - Randy Ladouceur DET -55
1987 - Grant Ledyard LA -39
1988 - Brian MacLellan MIN -44
1989 - Tom Fergus TOR -38
1990 - Bryan Fogarty QUE -47
1991 - Michel Petit QUE/TOR -34
1992 - Paul Fenton SJ -39
1993 - (tie) Doug Zmolek SJ, Rob Zettler SJ and Neil Wilkinson SJ -50
1994 - Gord Dineen OTT -52
1995 - Chris Dahlquist OTT -30
1996 - (tie) Owen Nolan COL/SJ and Craig Janney SJ/WPG -33
1997 - Alexandre Daigle OTT -33
1998 - Paul Ysebaert TB -43
1999 - Darcy Tucker TB -34
2000 - Yannick Tremblay ATL -42
2001 - Patrice Brisebois MTL -31
2002 - Tyler Wright CBJ -40
2003 - Jay Bouwmeester FLA -29
2004 - Rico Fata PIT -46
2006 - Mark Recchi PIT/CAR -36
2007 - RJ Umberger PHI -32
2008 - Radek Bonk NSH -31
2009 - Brendan Witt NYI -34
2010 - Patrick O'Sullivan EDM -35
2011 - Chris Phillips OTT -35
2012 - Milan Jurcina NYI -34
2013 - (tie) Erik Gudbranson FLA and Brian Campbell FLA -22
2014 - Alexander Edler VAN -39
2015 - Nail Yakupov EDM -35
2016 - Mikkel Boedker ARZ/COL -33
2017 - (tie) Matt Duchene COL and Tyson Barrie COL -34
2018 - Nick Leddy NYI -42
2019 - Rasmus Ristolainen BUF -41
2020 - Andreas Athanasiou DET/EDM -46
2021 - Rasmus Dahlin BUF -36
2022 - Keith Yandle PHI -47
2023 - Andrew Peeke CBJ -41