DS, it's also possibly relevant to observe that this looks similar to what was seen when Wood was in DET. There Wood started about 1/5 of the games, and his plus/minus was quite a bit better as a sub, rather than as a starter. That may speak to his ability (or perhaps a lack thereof) to be as impactful in a unit matched up against the other team's starters, rather than against their bench players.
That would just seem to be logical, of course, that less-challenging competition should tend to make you look better, but it also reminds that the high number of variables that impact plus/minus results (who you play with, and who you play against, versus the same for others you are being compared to) creates an incredibly large amount of noise in plus/minus based numbers.
That would just seem to be logical, of course, that less-challenging competition should tend to make you look better, but it also reminds that the high number of variables that impact plus/minus results (who you play with, and who you play against, versus the same for others you are being compared to) creates an incredibly large amount of noise in plus/minus based numbers.