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Name 2015-2016 Games 2015-2016 Games 2015-2016 Games Total minus Tot Gms %-minus
Karlsson 29 82 25 77 37 71 91 230 0.395652174
Burns 29 82 25 82 28 82 82 246 0.333333333
Larsson 21 82 20 79 22 63 63 224 0.28125
Doughty 20 82 24 82 23 82 67 246 0.272357724
Hedman 22 78 27 79 18 77 67 234 0.286324786
Keith 18 67 21 80 36 82 75 229 0.327510917
Subban 23 68 26 66 25 81 74 215 0.344186047
Josi 28 81 24 72 20 75 72 228 0.315789474
Letang 20 71 13 41 30 79 63 191 0.329842932
Weber 33 78 20 78 11 26 64 182 0.351648352
Suter 27 82 22 81 26 78 75 241 0.31120332
OEL 25 75 34 79 34 82 93 236 0.394067797
Byfulien 30 81 25 80 18 69 73 230 0.317391304
Pietrangelo 23 73 25 80 22 78 70 231 0.303030303
S. Jones 31 81 23 75 24 78 78 234 0.333333333
Vlasic 18 67 24 75 25 81 67 223 0.30044843
A. Greene 26 81 23 66 30 81 79 228 0.346491228
Klefbom 8 30 25 82 23 66 56 178 0.314606742
Forgive the formatting of the chart above.(I'll clean it up when I get a chance). One thing I notced about Larsson is that when he is very seldom a minus player. This means that when he is on the ice the Oilers typically come out tied or ahead. Given that he is not a big point generator and that he plays against the oppositions best this is significant.
The chart above looks at some of the best defensemen in the league. I calculated how many times over the last three years the player registered a negative. (I also included Greene and Klefbom since they were his partners much of the time.
Larsson had the fewest minuses of anyone in this group over that period and he had the second best %-age of games played with a minus, only slightly behind Doughty. What is also interesting is that if you omit last year where he was hurt and only count the 2015-2016 and 2016-2017 seasons he has the best %-age at 25.6%.
If you look at guys like Faulk and Barrie for example who have also played on teams with poor defensive teams the numers tend to be in the mid 40's.
