Through six games, Julius Honka has no points and is a minus four. It sounds bad. It looked bad too in his last game against the Colorado Avalanche, where a bad turnover and a lack of movement led directly to a goal against.
But is it?
I guess it depends on how a person analyzes things. If you see Honka as a defensive liability with offensive upside, then suddenly superficial stats like his minus four means something. His lack of points means something too, because if he’s not producing, then what reason is there for him to be in the lineup?