Quoting: Eli
Pettersson was +8 this year, with 9 pts. Dillon was +15 this year, with 19 pts. plus/minus isn't the best stat for comparing goals for and against, but it's not a terrible one. Also, since most guys played just half the year, 19 pts tied Dillon for 61st in points among defensemen. I can't believe I'm writing this, but some team might make a trade offer on Dillon for his offense. I'm not sure whether he'd keep that up without significant time with Carlson and Schultz, but given how much Schultz improved this year over last year, it's just as possible that Schultz wouldn't be as good at offense without all the time he spent with Dillon.
+/- is a horrible stat. No one gives that stat any serious credit and you know better than that.
He bled goals. Look maybe you can put part of that on Schultz, but to be honest, between the two of them, you are hoping he is the one that can lock it down, because Schultz damn sure can't. But he didn't.
Fact is the game is changing. Guys who can't skate are increasingly liabilities. Dillons role got changed the second they added a guy in Chara who is a pylon.
He was forced into a role where he had to move on the ice, and he didn't adapt well.
He's the guy in the end who has to be the stay home guy, but the stay home guy can't bleed goals. That's where this really ends.
At the end of the day, when to the minute you are coughing up way more goals, then we are done debating it. Because the tiny offensive bump isn't making up for the massive laps.
You can keep trying to argue it, but there is more than enough evidence on here to show otherwise. WSH fans can't wait to get rid of him. If he was that damn good, why is there such a rush to move him.