worst plus.minus by a rookie defensman in nhl history

Greg Joly has the lowest plus/minus by a rookie, at -69 in 1974-75.

NAME+/-SEASONTMGPGAPPIMPPGPPASHGSHAGWGOTGSS%FOWFOFOW%HITBKSTKAGVATOI/GP
1Greg Joly
G. Joly
-69
1974-75
WSH WSH
44
1
7
8
44
1
3
0
0
0
73
1.4
2Mike Marson
M. Marson
-65
1974-75
WSH WSH
76
16
12
28
59
5
3
0
0
2
91
17.6
3Dave Babych
D. Babych
-62
1980-81
WIN WIN
69
6
38
44
90
3
17
0
2
0
209
2.9
4Gord Smith
G. Smith
-60
1974-75
WSH WSH
63
3
8
11
56
2
1
0
0
0
58
5.2
5Pat Stapleton
P. Stapleton
-58
1961-62
BOS BOS
69
2
5
7
42
0
0
0
0
0
98
2.0
6Nelson Pyatt
N. Pyatt
-57
1975-76
WSH WSH
77
26
23
49
14
5
7
0
0
0
151
17.2
7Brad Maxwell
B. Maxwell
-56
1977-78
MNS MNS
75
18
29
47
100
12
13
0
0
0
207
8.7
8Dennis Patterson
D. Patterson
-56
1974-75
KCS KCS
66
1
5
6
39
0
0
0
0
0
53
1.9
9Dave Christian
D. Christian
-55
1980-81
WIN WIN
80
28
43
71
22
9
18
1
1
0
185
15.1
10Bill Mikkelson
B. Mikkelson
-53
1972-73
NYI NYI
72
1
10
11
45
0
0
0
0
0
39
2.6
11Mike Bloom
M. Bloom
-52
1974-75
TOT
80
11
27
38
94
1
4
0
0
1
108
10.2
12Doug Zmolek
D. Zmolek
-50
1992-93
SJS SJS
84
5
10
15
229
2
3
0
0
0
0
94
5.3
13Alexei Yashin
A. Yashin
-49
1993-94
OTT OTT
83
30
49
79
22
11
16
2
1
3
0
232
12.9
14Hartland Monahan
H. Monahan
-49
1975-76
WSH WSH
80
17
29
46
35
2
6
0
0
2
142
12.0
15Tom Webster
T. Webster
-48
1970-71
DET DET
78
30
37
67
40
7
16
0
0
5
183
16.4
16Chris Luongo
C. Luongo
-47
1992-93
OTT OTT
76
3
9
12
68
1
3
0
0
0
0
76
3.9
17Bryan Fogarty
B. Fogarty
-47
1989-90
QUE QUE
45
4
10
14
31
2
4
0
1
0
0
93
4.3
18Jim McElmury
J. McElmury
-47
1974-75
KCS KCS
78
5
17
22
25
1
8
0
0
1
136
3.7
19Bob Stewart
B. Stewart
-46
1972-73
CGS
63
4
17
21
181
0
0
0
0
0
95
4.2
20Alexandre Daigle
A. Daigle
-45
1993-94
OTT OTT
84
20
31
51
40
4
10
0
1
2
0
168
11.9
21Peter Sullivan
P. Sullivan
-45
1979-80
WIN WIN
79
24
35
59
20
5
14
0
0
3
166
14.5
22Ed Gilbert
E. Gilbert
-45
1974-75
KCS KCS
80
16
22
38
14
9
6
2
0
0
190
8.4
23Billy Harris
B. Harris
-45
1972-73
NYI NYI
78
28
22
50
35
6
7
0
0
2
196
14.3
24Connor Bedard
C. Bedard
-44
2023-24
CHI CHI
68
22
39
61
28
4
17
0
0
2
1
206
10.7
207
532
38.9
55
27
47
57
19:47
25Jean Potvin
J. Potvin
-44
1971-72
TOT
68
5
15
20
41
2
13
0
0
2
78
6.4
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