Wisconsin Hockey 2019-2020: Time to Get Offensive

[LordofBrewtown]

Re: Wisconsin Hockey 2019-2020: Time to Get Offensive

PSU is the exposing all of Wisconsin’s faults.
Bad coaching, guys who have no hockey IQ,

This. The lack of composure the last couple of years when things are not going well/propensity to get goonish/dirty makes me sick.

[solovsfett]

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Tomorrow is the 1/4 point of the season basically. How big a sample do we really need? And if they don’t win a title with Turcotte and Caufield the first 3 years says they won’t win it with average players.

Schwartz used to ride me about my attitude but the on ice results have not gone the way of Pollyanna’s.

[digitalbooya]

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Aren’t Caufield, Turcotte, Pelton-Byce and Holloway (when playing) the scoring touch?

I don't really know how to respond to this... Scoring touch is not player-based, it's situation based.

[WiscTJK]

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I am just not seeing how you guys think this has been close. I'm already frustrated with this team after 7 games. Stupid penalties by Achan too.

[WiscTJK]

Re: Wisconsin Hockey 2019-2020: Time to Get Offensive

Tomorrow is the 1/4 point of the season basically. How big a sample do we really need? And if they don’t win a title with Turcotte and Caufield the first 3 years says they won’t win it with average players.

Schwartz used to ride me about my attitude but the on ice results have not gone the way of Pollyanna’s.

Turcotte and Caufield won't be here three years. Caufield will be gone after one. I think it's this year or bust. And I'm not seeing it...... Can't expect 5 goals every game. They have to play defense...... And the wheels have come off. 1-6

[LordofBrewtown]

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I am just not seeing how you guys think this has been close. I'm already frustrated with this team after 7 games. Stupid penalties by Achan too.

Yep. He was lucky not to get 5 on the first penalty (the puck was right there for him to play - he didn't even need to go for the hit), and then he comes right back and immediately gets a DQ.

I didn't turn this on until @ 5 minutes left in the 2nd. Those last 5 minutes of the 2nd, I thought we looked OK. In the 3rd, we may have been matching them on shot attempts; but, I really didn't think many of ours were very good scoring chances. Even when in close, ours were more off balance back-handers or someone was defending. Even though we held the puck for long stretches, when Penn St got it, I thought they were generating better chances.

[gwhinwi]

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Lebby gives up massive rebounds quite often.

There are a ton of problems with this team. No idea how they are going to sort it out quickly, because you have to have a TEAM at some point and right now you have a group of individuals making a lot of mistakes.

[solovsfett]

I don't really know how to respond to this... Scoring touch is not player-based, it's situation based.

Seriously? Situation based? Well then Wisconsin is REALLY terrible. They had several situations where they could score and even the talented kids couldn’t.

Of course scoring touch is based on talent. That’s what separates Caufield from the entire team and USNTDP.

[digitalbooya]

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Turcotte and Caufield won't be here three years. Caufield will be gone after one. I think it's this year or bust. And I'm not seeing it...... Can't expect 5 goals every game. They have to play defense...... And the wheels have come off. 1-6

When are they going to sit Kalynuk. Our captain is the worst defensive player on the ice every single night.

[solovsfett]

Turcotte and Caufield won't be here three years. Caufield will be gone after one. I think it's this year or bust. And I'm not seeing it...... Can't expect 5 goals every game. They have to play defense...... And the wheels have come off. 1-6

Exactly.

[digitalbooya]

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Seriously? Situation based? Well then Wisconsin is REALLY terrible. They had several situations where they could score and even the talented kids couldn’t.

Of course scoring touch is based on talent. That’s what separates Caufield from the entire team and USNTDP.

Hence, if they had any scoring touch tonight... Congratulations, you figured it out. Good job champ.

[solovsfett]

Hence, if they had any scoring touch tonight... Congratulations, you figured it out. Good job champ.

No. It doesn’t magically happen like you imply. You have it (Caufield) or you don’t. And Caufield potted one so you can’t pin the loss there. The REST of the team needs to step up.

[WiscTJK]

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They'll probably play better tomorrow. Sound familiar? Stuff gets old.

[solovsfett]

They'll probably play better tomorrow. Sound familiar? Stuff gets old.

Yup. I watched periods 2 and 3. Some guys with low hockey IQ’s , some guys coasting, numerous bad passes/decisions with the puck, I mean, where’s the spark to ignite hope for a title run?

Imagine where this team is without Caufield. I say that to illustrate how the players (soph through senior) have not grown from year 1.

[digitalbooya]

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No. It doesn’t magically happen like you imply. You have it (Caufield) or you don’t. And Caufield potted one so you can’t pin the loss there. The REST of the team needs to step up.

I don't understand why this is so hard. If they buried their chances (had scoring touch), this would have been a much closer game. Caufield, Turcotte, Pelton-Byce, and Holloway are not the only players to get scoring chances.